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   The lack of enforcement in Canada that's resulted in illness or death is   
   staggering.  From unsafe food production, dangerous drugs from   
   pharmaceuticals, to imports of fake or lethal medications - Canada's   
   federal government has been asleep at the switch.  Or just doesn't give   
   a damn if corporations are making money.   
      
   Nice to see Kathleen Wynne take such a strong stance against the sale of   
   blood for money in her province.  Hopefully this company doesn't just   
   pick up and relocate to another province where the government doesn't   
   have the spine or the will to stop them.  Now to see them ALL shut down.   
      
   Once again, QUEBEC is ahead of Canada on an issue of health.   
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   The Canadian Press Posted: Mar 18, 2014   
      
   Ontario vows to shut private clinics that pay for blood plasma   
   Health Minister says Canadian Plasma Services targets 'low income   
   neighbourhoods'   
      
      
   Health Canada says payment for blood donations is currently allowed in   
   all provinces and territories with the exception of Quebec.	   
      
      
   The Ontario government is vowing to shut down any private clinics that   
   would pay people to donate blood plasma.   
      
   Health Minister Deb Matthews says Canadian Plasma Services has been told   
   it will not be given a licence to open clinics in Toronto and Hamilton   
   that would pay people $25 to donate plasma.   
      
   A health ministry inspector is expected to visit one of the company's   
   clinics today, and Matthews says they are not allowed to open, even for   
   training purposes.   
      
   She says if the company tries to operate without a licence, the province   
   will take every step necessary to shut them down.   
      
   Matthews says the plasma collected by the private company is processed   
   into drug products for the global market and is not used for   
   transfusions in Canada.   
   Health Minister: company targeting 'low income neighbourhoods'   
      
   However, she says paying people poses a risk to Canada's voluntary blood   
   donation system, and accuses Canadian Plasma Resources of targeting the   
   poor.   
      
   "If you look at where they're located, there's no question that they're   
   going into low income neighbourhoods," said Matthews. "It's very clear   
   what their business model is."   
      
   Canadian Plasma Resources was not immediately available for comment   
   Tuesday, but in a recent statement said paid donations help meet the   
   demand for plasma.   
      
   "The fact is Canada's need for plasma significantly exceeds our ability   
   to produce it," the company said in a statement last week. "There is no   
   evidence that compensating plasma donors weakens the voluntary donor   
   system."   
      
   Matthews introduced regulations last week to prohibit payments to people   
   who donate blood and blood products that she said will be in force   
   within days.   
      
   "It still has to go through the next stage, but that will happen very   
   quickly so that it will be illegal for them to offer payment for blood   
   or plasma," she said.   
      
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