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Justice committee Yes, thank you. If I may return to the point that two of you made. I'd like to return to the point about the Torys's legal analysis that this is not a “public health evil”. I'd like to make the point that whether or not this is a public health evil—and I think there are many com
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon
Justice committee I completely agree as well. I would say that amendments to the Human Rights Act to include genetic characteristics lay the foundation for understanding that discriminating against someone based on genetic characteristics constitutes discrimination.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon
Justice committee Thank you for the question. Supporting the bill without amendment does not necessarily mean that we wouldn't welcome an addition such as the defining of genetic characteristics. If that were deemed to be required, it can certainly only strengthen the bill.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon
Justice committee We don't know that there's really any systematic data on this. What we do know, based on international evidence, is as Dr. Forbes said: genetic discrimination is a significant and internationally recognized phenomenon. It requires a multi-level response at the policy level and at
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon
Justice committee Thank you for the question. I'm very happy to answer this. As I touched on earlier, we can say that in Canadian society the question of discrimination is recognized as a fundamentally ethical issue. Discrimination can lead to a violation of one's integrity or one's autonomy, and
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon
Justice committee What I can add is that we feel it's very important to have national standards because, as we know, if we leave it to provincial regulation we can end up with a patchwork of regulations. That's not consistent with the spirit of the Canada Health Act, which wants to guarantee porta
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Cécile Bensimon