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Genetic Non-Discrimination Act

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22: 122:, discrimination which might "come in the form of unfair insurance practices, being passed over for a promotion, and even being fired. Unfortunately, there are a number of documented cases of genetic discrimination in 356: 319: 425: 203:
asked the province's Court of Appeal to overturn the law because he held that it was an invalid expression of the exclusive federal power under s. 91(27) of the
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for purposes such as the prediction of disease or vertical transmission risks, or monitoring, diagnosis or prognosis."
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in which he said the "Anti-genetic-discrimination bill is little more than virtue signalling".
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piece upon passage of the Act in 2017 by their in-house healthcare analyst
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Karn, Bernice; O'Donnell, Katie-May; Goodman, Gordon (26 August 2020).
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upheld the law by a 5-4 margin, in a case originating when in 2018 the
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Find link tool
French
41st Parliament of Canada
42nd Parliament of Canada
Private Member's Bill
James Cowan
Jennifer O'Connell
genetics
Canada
genetic test
DNA
RNA
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Globe and Mail
opinion
André Picard
Supreme Court of Canada
Attorney-General of Quebec
Constitution Act 1867



"Bill S-201 (Historical)"
"Legislative Summary of Bill S-201: An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination"
"Senate Public Bill S-201 - An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination"

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