Federal Jurisdiction Federal jurisdiction to ban payment for blood and plasma is established in the Department of Health Act, which sets forth the powers, duties and functions of the federal Minister of Health. [...] These powers include “the promotion and preservation of the physical, mental and social well-being of the people of Canada” and “the protection of the people of Canada against risks to health and the spreading of diseases”.3 Protecting Canada’s blood system to ensure the safety, sufficiency and security of supply of health- and life-sustaining blood and plasma products, especially during times of. [...] National Self-sufficiency and Security of Supply Canada must ensure the sufficiency and security of its blood and plasma supply to meet the health needs of Canadians in normal times and in times of crisis. [...] Plasma Self-sufficiency for plasma collection is increasingly becoming the goal of developed nations world-wide.8 Canadian Blood Services currently collects approximately 17% of the plasma required to meet the needs of Canadians.9 Like other countries around the world, Canada relies on the plasma collected from paid donors in the U. [...] An earlier prion disease in cattle (BSE) caused the loss of the UK plasma industry in 1996 when the prion jumped to humans and then to recipients of blood and plasma products.17 Until recently, transmission of animal CWD prions to humans was thought to be unlikely.
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