Global News: Private blood clinic opponents campaigning in Ottawa

Posted on: August 2nd, 2016 by webmaster

A reception is being held on Parliament Hill Monday to seek the support of politicians to have Ottawa outlaw private blood clinics in Canada. The organizer is a group that advocates on behalf of tainted blood survivors and has launched bloodwatch.org.

Members of “Blood Watch” are protesting Health Canada’s decision to license a private, for-profit, blood plasma clinic in Saskatchewan. They are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in immediately and shut down the private blood brokers in Saskatoon and ban the practice across the country.

Read the full article on the Global News web site.