I think the situation that exists in the U.S. and other countries that have adopted new legislation on genetic information discrimination is quite different than Canada's. Canadians are, in my view, well protected. I know that some will disagree with me, but I don't think we need to change the law. I think we are protected.
The situation in the U.S. is very different because people there are not entitled to a publicly funded health care system. That is not the case in Canada. Here, everyone is entitled to receive health care.
I think it's a very different situation in Canada and in other countries that have adopted a law. Canada has a health system that is solely funded by government. People do not have an issue when they go to find health care: they will be treated. In the States, it is completely different.
Please note that the law in the States did not include life insurance. Life insurance was excluded from that law. It only protects people who cannot be discriminated against because of their genetic predispositions when they go for health care and they have to pay for health care insurance.
The situation in Canada is very different from those in other countries that have adopted a law. I'm not a legal person, but if it is the Canadian Human Rights Act or whatever law that protects the Canadian citizen, the Canadian citizen is well protected from genetic discrimination, I think, as it applies to health services.