Will the prohibition against consulting genetic tests prove to
be a parenthesis in Canadian legislative history, or grounds for
establishing similar provincial regimes?
The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act has never received universal
support in Canada. It owes its existence to certain members of the
governing party and all members of the opposition in Ottawa, who
were able to get it passed last year. Another complication lies in
the fact that certain Canadian provinces, including Quebec and
Alberta, fought against its adoption, seeing it as an encroachment
by the federal Parliament into the jurisdiction of the provincial
legislatures over matters of private law.
Disagreement between the provincial and federal
governments
