Michael Cooper at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses. In particular it's great to see Mr. Oliphant and Senator Cowan. We spent so much time on Bill C-14.

I want to commend you, Senator Cowan and Mr. Oliphant, for putting forward this legislation. It is a fact that Canada is the only jurisdiction in the G7 without legislation to protect individuals against genetic discrimination. Certainly this will go a long way to closing that gap.

I would like to follow up on Mr. Falk's question. Looking at the Canadian Human Rights Act, I am a little unclear as to whether cases have been have been dismissed. I know, for example, if you look at the Canadian Human Rights Act one of the prohibitive grounds of discrimination is disability. Has disability been interpreted in the context of genetic discrimination, and if so, what have the outcomes of those cases been?