Justice committee  No. We continue to believe this bill is unconstitutional. We continue to believe that we need to carve out the insurance section. I think what we're signalling is that this is a provincial area of responsibility, and we're working actively with the provinces on an approach.

Justice committee  This is a very complicated area. We've been spending many months, if not years, thinking about an approach that could allow us to balance an appropriate protection of genetic information while protecting the premiums for the vast majority of Canadians. It requires significant an

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. Sun Life did not say that they will not be collecting medical information from applicants anymore. They've shortened the list and types of information that they will be gathering. They will continue to gather all kinds of medical information, includin

Justice committee  I just want to make a couple of points. Be careful with comparisons with the U.K. The U.K. prohibition applies to predictive genetic tests only and not diagnostic. There's a big difference. The predictive ones will materialize over time. The bill proposed today would cover both o

Justice committee  Thank you, Chair. I'm Stephen Frank, senior vice-president of policy for the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. I am accompanied by my colleague, Frank Zinatelli, who is vice-president and general counsel at the CLHIA. The CLHIA represents life and health insurance

Justice committee  Thank you.