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December 23, 2010
Supreme court ruling December 22nd
In 2004, our federal parliament passed a law that defines which treatments and research activities are permitted in Canada with respect to human reproduction. Among other things, the law limits payment of surrogates and egg and sperm donors in Canada. As a result most couples seeking these services go to other countries.
The provinces of Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick challenged this law saying that the regulation of health care activities like human reproduction should be the responsibility of the provincial governments. In a ruling released yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed.