Gay Blood Donation Ban Is Ineffective, Health Canada Documents Show

The New Democratic Party first began raising problems with the blood ban in 2008, and have consistently campaigned against it. In October, their health critic Don Davies put the question to Rob Oliphant, a Liberal MP who is, himself, gay and therefore banned from donating.

The ban, “is not based on science but on stereotype,” Davies argued. “We allow a sexually promiscuous heterosexual man who engages in dangerous activities to donate blood, but two gay men in a loving, stable, monogamous relationship are not allowed.” He called that the “most base stigmatization.”

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Singh is joined by NDP MPs Peter Julian and Don Davies.

How Canadian MPs set politics aside to adopt landmark anti-greenwashing law: The Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois

Liberal MP Patrick Weiler, NDP MP Don Davies and Bloc MP Gabriel Ste-Marie worked together to add a key clause to Canada’s Competition Act expanding the powers of a federal watchdog to crack down on companies making environmental claims without evidence — a practice known as greenwashing.

The MPs credit each other for helping shepherd the clause through committee last spring.

“Basically, violent agreement broke out between the NDP, Liberals and Bloc,” Davies told The Narwhal.

NDP support for Liberal tax holiday 'not a get out of jail card, but a hall pass'

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