Who supports voluntary blood donation?

Justice Horace Krever’s Inquiry – The Krever Commission
The four year 17 million dollar exhaustive inquiry on how to keep Canada’s Blood System Safe:

• In Brief
• A breakdown of Krever
• Copy of the full Krever Report
• A history lesson from The Krever Inquiry
  
• Canadian Blood Services Report in 2008 Recognizing Krever’s principles

Canadian Blood Services

• Bill 21, Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014

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Kat Lanteigne – Co-Founder of Bloodwatch

• Op Ed in Ottawa Citizen
  

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• The Ontario Government
• Green Party of New Brunswick
• NDP New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia NDP
• CUPE Alberta
• CUPE National
• New Brunswick Nurses Union
• CUPE New Brunswick
• The Voluntary Donations Act that was passed by Ontario in 2014 UNANIMOUSLY
• The Testimonies for the Voluntary Blood Donations Act
• The Quebec Government (background can be found on link)
  
• New Democratic Party
• British Columbia Hemophilia Society (PDF Attached)
• Ontario Hemophilia Society
• Bob Rae – Former Federal Liberal Leader, Former Ontario Premier, Lawyer
• Dr. Don Francis – Former Scientist for the Centers of Disease Control
• Dr. Francis was portrayed in the film “And the Band Played On”
• David Harvey – Lawyer from Krever Inquiry (PDF attached)
• Michael McCarthy – Tainted blood survivor and former Vice-President of the Hemophilia Society (PDF attached)
• Dr. Antonia Swann – Widow of Krever Lawyer James Kreppner
• Andrew Cumming – tainted blood survivor and co-infected hemophiliac
• Kat Lanteigne – writer of TAINTED and Safe Blood Advocate:
• Kat on TVO
• Michael Decter – Former Deputy Health Minister of Ontario (PDF attached)
• Canadian Nurses Association
• Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
• Canadian Doctors For Medicare
• Canadian Health Coalition
• Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
• Ontario Nurses Association
• Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• The Council for Canadians
• The Health Sciences Association of Alberta
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union
• Nova Scotia Union of Public and Private Employees
• National Union of Public and General Employees
• UNIFOR
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Saskatchewan)
• WHO – World Health Organization
• International Federation of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
• The European Blood Alliance
• The International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations
• Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
• The German Red Cross
• Michael Butler- Council of Canadians
• Canada Without Poverty
• The 28 Organizations That Came Out Against Paid Plasma in 2013
• The Council of Europe
• Confederation of Canadian Unions
• BC Health Coalition
• Nova Scotia Health Coalition
• B.C. NDP
• Friends of Medicare – Alberta
• Health Sciences Association of BC
• New Brunswick Union/ Syndicat de Nouveau Brunswick
• Maggie Bernet – Patient
• Jeff Beck – Former Vice-President of the Canadian Hemophilia Society & Former President of Hemophilia Ontario
• Dr. Jacalyn Duffin
• Marianne de Bretan-Berg, RN
• Dr. John Forster
• Dr. Monika Dutt – Canadian Doctors for Medicare
• Antonia (Smudge) Swann (widow of James Kreppner)
• Michael McBane – Canadian Health Coalition
• Linda Silas – Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
• Linda Haslam-Stroud – Ontario Nurses Association
• Doris Grinspun – Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• Heather Smith – United Nurses of Alberta
• Maude Barlow – Council of Canadians
• Dr. Janet Maher – Medical Reform Group
• Michael Hurley – Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
• Darrell Dular – Older Canadians Network
• Mary T. Hynes – Older Women’s Network
• Jack Pinkus – Alliance of Seniors to Protect Canada’s Social Programs
• James Hutt – Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network
• Rachel Tutte – British Columbia Health Coalition
• Sandra Azocar – Friends of Medicare
• Natalie Mehra – Ontario Health Coalition
• Sue Hotte – Niagara Health Coalition
• Shirley Roebuck – Chatham Kent Health Coalition
• Ben McDonald – Alternatives North
• Paul Moist – Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Fred Hahn – CUPE Ontario
• Doug MacPherson – Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees
• Pat Kerwin – Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
• Sid Ryan – Ontario Federation of Labour
• James Clancy – National Union of Public and General Employees
• Warren (Smokey) Thomas and Sean Allen – Ontario Public Service Employees Union
• Diane Wood – BCFORUM

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Current State of Paid Plasma Operations in the US:

• The Atlantic: The Twisted Business of Donating Plasma
• The Atlantic: Blood Plasma, Sweat, and Tears
• New York Times: Is Money Tainting the Plasma Supply?

• LA Times: In a hurting economy, selling plasma is part of their financial lifeblood
• NBC: Mexicans cross US border to sell their plasma
• wsws.org: Metro Detroit residents sell plasma to support families
• Vox: Selling plasma to survive: how over a million American families live on $2 per day