Health care implications of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act: Protection for Canadians' genetic information.

Abstract

In July 2020 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)[1][1] upheld the constitutionality of Canada’s Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNDA),[2][2] a law that was enacted in 2017 but under a cloud, as its opponents contested it in the courts. The SCC’s decision established that the law and its