End of blood ban for gay men could be on horizon in wake of new mandate letters

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor was explicitly tasked with developing a 'long-term vision' for blood services that is 'non-discriminatory in donation policies.'

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor was tasked in her new mandate letter with ending discriminatory donation policies in Canada's blood services system. Hill Times file photograph

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

October 6, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked his new health minister to help end discriminatory blood donation policies, hinting that a long-standing ban on gay men giving blood could come to an end in the near future. In her revised m...

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