ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the unfulfilled promise of Canada's misguided legislation. Britains Warnock Committee provided a model for Canadas Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, appointed in 1989 and chaired by Dr Patricia Baird. It argues that they serve as guidance to provincial legislators and the private sector governance groups as well as HC. It also discusses briefly about the s10 and s12 amendments concerning the testing and screening of sperm and ovum donors, and the reimbursement of expenses incurred by gamete donors and surrogates. It has been acknowledged since 2005, that the 1996 Processing and Distribution of Semen for Assisted Conception Regulations did not also address health and safety issues pertaining to ova. The soft governance private sector regulatory approach to the protection of the health and safety of Canadians does not meet the pith and substance of the Act. The chapter concludes with a discussion of possible future directions for Canadian assisted reproductive technologies (ART) regulation.
