Justice committee  I always hesitate to speak for others, but my sense would be that we provided to the Senate, as we will provide to your committee, strong evidence from eminent constitutional scholars that this is a legitimate exercise of the federal power. I think the responses from the province

Justice committee  I think the difference is that what that blood test will give you is an indication as to your current situation. Are there elements that are out of whack in your blood count? I'm really going beyond my ken here, but they'll assess your current state and they also have access to w

Justice committee  Thank you, that's an excellent question. Where do I begin? At the root of it, I think that's the motivation behind this, because we see this genetic testing as key to the personalized medicine or precision medicine that is recognized by health care professionals as the future of

Justice committee  May I add one thing?

Justice committee  I'll provide the information to you.

Justice committee  From the point of view of public policy, where I would draw the line is the point at which the insurance companies have access to information about your current situation. They ask you about your historical medical information. They ask you about your current information; what ho

Justice committee  I would say, first of all, that it is a question of deterrence, as Rob said earlier. That's what we're trying to do. It's not so much collecting the fines, or putting people in jail, as it is deterring people from what I think we all agree is unacceptable behaviour. I think we d

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Right.

Justice committee  Oh, he's handing it off to the long-in-the-tooth colleague.

Justice committee  I think, Rob, that to come to the justice committee and say that you're glad you're not a lawyer is not a very goodwill way to state your case.

Justice committee  Exactly. I'm proud to be a lawyer, and I'm proud to be before the committee.

Justice committee  Seriously, I first was aware of this issue in 2011, when Barbara Kagedan, who's with me now and is really the godmother of this—if he's the adoptive father, Barbara is the godmother of this case—drew it to my attention. I was astounded. I couldn't believe that we wouldn't have pr

Justice committee  I would say that generally what they were saying is they appreciated it. They were aware of it in many cases, and they appreciated being advised. If they were not aware, they were talking to their human rights commissions. They were talking to their labour folks to see what chang

Justice committee  Yes, the Canadian Medical Association has taken a strong position in support of the letter of this bill. There was a letter submitted to the chair on November 1. Mr. Chair, is that being circulated, or how is that handled with the committee?