Does privatizing blood collection compromise the safety and integrity of our blood system in Canada?

Posted on: August 30th, 2016 by webmaster

Yes.

It fractures our system and creates an “insecurity” of domestic supply because Canadian Blood Services has to compete for donors against a private corporation.

It takes away life-saving donations that would otherwise be guaranteed to Canadians through our public system.

Safeguarding the integrity of our public blood system is a fundamental tenet of the Krever Inquiry, which includes the importance of the one and the only national blood operator: Canadian Blood Services.