This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment prohibits any person from requiring an individual to undergo a genetic test or disclose the results of a genetic test as a condition of providing goods or services to, entering into or continuing a contract or agreement with, or offering specific conditions in a contract or agreement with, the individual. Exceptions are provided for health care practitioners and researchers. The enactment provides individuals with other protections related to genetic testing and test results.
The enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to protect employees from being required to undergo or to disclose the results of a genetic test, and provides employees with other protections related to genetic testing and test results. It also amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the ground of genetic characteristics.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-201s:
Genetic Non-Discrimination ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Geoff Regan
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred division at second reading of Bill S-201 under private members' business.
Genetic Non-Discrimination ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Geoff Regan
I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)
Genetic Non-Discrimination ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Geoff Regan
It being 6:50 p.m. the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order paper.