The Canadian law, which came into force in 2004, prohibits paying a surrogate mother for her services, but does allow reimbursement for certain medical and maternity costs when the surrogate mother is performing the service for altruistic reasons. The law does not criminalize a woman who agrees to be or becomes a surrogate mother. It is currently legal to serve as a surrogate mother in Canada, but not for profit. "Canada ought not to allow the commercialization of the human body," she said in an email. But I do know that there's Canadians who are in need of reproductive health services," he said.

Source: CBC News March 27, 2018 19:26 UTC