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Trudeau’s Liberals promised to end the blood ban. Now they say it’s “complicated”.

June 7, 2021
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Jordan Heath-Rawlings

The promise was pretty clear: During his first successful campaign as Liberal leader, Justin Trudeau told LGBT voters that we would end Canada's longstanding ban prohibiting men who have sex with men from donating blood. At the time, it seemed like a simple promise to keep. A few years later, he claimed it wasn't so simple.

Now, it's 2021 and Erin O'Toole is criticizing Trudeau for his failure as the Conservatives seek LGBT support. How is the blood ban still in place? When Trudeau claims his government will "follow the science" what is he referring to? Is a discriminatory approach really still necessary when technology has rapidly advanced and Canada needs blood more than ever?

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