It all speaks to the complicated and murky rules around surrogacy for foreign families, surrogates and Canadian taxpayers. Canada's surrogacy laws: wild westWith a recent boom in the number of foreign families looking to Canadian surrogates, advocates say it's time to end the "wild west" of Canada's surrogacy regime. Rhoads-Heinrich has seen interest from international families jump since countries such as India, Thailand and Mexico shut down foreign surrogacy. She has 500 people on a waiting list for Canadian surrogates and has, for now, stopped accepting new applications. But the fact that Canada's surrogates do not benefit financially is an attractive feature for many foreign families.

Source: CBC News August 26, 2016 09:00 UTC