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Justice committee  No, they have not.

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  Absolutely. I think the example I gave was one that would illustrate that point. The conversation that we have at the primary care level is often very introductory, recognizing that there are pros and cons to genetic testing, and one of the obvious negatives is insurability. If

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  I'm not aware of work being done at other provincial levels, other than what's already been presented. I think that from speaking with physicians, we know, from our day-to-day work, that it is a real problem. It's not easily measured, if you can imagine the nature of it, of patie

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  It was really our interpretation that this allowed physicians to have the discussions with their patients—

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  â€”and is not in any way exempting them from discrimination. That was really our interpretation.

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  That certainly wasn't our interpretation.

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  I think that mainly what I've seen as a family physician is the fear of discrimination, with patients not being tested for genetic abnormalities because they're fearful that they won't be insurable or they won't be eligible for employment in a certain field. That fear is very rea

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  Yes, if they were not tested. Those are the kinds of examples that I would see of people refusing. I have another example in my practice of a family with a hereditary heart disease. The father has the gene. There are three children. One has decided to be tested, and she is pos

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  That's not to say that they can't be followed, but perhaps they don't need to be. They're even fearful of being assessed regularly for fear that will indicate that they won't be able to be employed. Those are very real things that are happening in our practices. Some of the thi

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  Perhaps I could also reinforce the fact that this information within the patient-physician relationship is confidential. That's not changed at all in that exemption.

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to all of you. I'm Dr. Cindy Forbes. I'm a family physician from Nova Scotia and the past president of the Canadian Medical Association. As you may be aware, the Canadian Medical Association represents 83,000 Canadian physic

November 24th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Cindy Forbes