moved for leave to introduce Bill C-483, an act to provide for the taking of samples of blood to detect the presence of certain viruses
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from South Surrey—White Rock—Langley for seconding this humanitarian bill. Where persons engaging in emergency services such as police officers, firefighters and medical personnel come into contact with blood products in the actions of their duties, this bill would enable medical practitioners by order of the courts to take a blood sample from persons who are injured to test for the hepatitis B and C viruses and the human immunodeficiency virus because these are potentially lethal and infectious diseases. Those practitioners would inform the emergency personnel who were injured and who came into contact with these blood products of the test results.
This is a matter of fairness and is supported by emergency personnel across this country.
I would ask for unanimous consent that this bill be deemed adopted by the House.