"I'm elated," said Christopher Karas, who first brought the complaint against Health Canada forward in 2016. When Karas first applied to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, that period of time was one year; it has since been dropped to three months. Health Canada disagreed, arguing it has never issued a directive requiring that Canadian Blood Services adopt the ban. 2:37Earlier today, Conservative MP Eric Duncan tabled a private member's motion calling on the Liberal government to end the "discriminatory" blood ban. "If the Liberals can promise to end the blood ban during an election, they should use the tools available to them to do so.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2021 16:34 UTC