Nova Scotia will become the first province in the country with presumed consent for human organ and tissue donation beginning Jan. 18, 2021. Dr. Stephen Beed, medical director of Nova Scotia's organ and tissue donation program, said there were times in the past when he wasn't certain the change would ever happen. "This includes three programs – organ donation, transplantation and tissue bank services," Kristina Shannon said in an email. Dr. Stephen Beed, medical director of Nova Scotia's organ donation program, speaks to the provincial legislature's law amendments committee on April 9, 2019. (Brian MacKay/CBC News)According to the province, 108 Nova Scotians were waiting for an organ transplant as of June 29.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2020 19:41 UTC