Canada is only the fourth country in the world to pay plasma donors partly because it goes against the advice of major international health care organizations like the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, the European Blood Alliance and many others. [...] In 2012, CBS closed a plasma collection centre in Thunder Bay citing: due to “new replacement products and the decline in hospital demand…based on current projections CBS must plan for a reduction of approximately 10,000 units to our plasma collection program.” (Canadian Blood Services, Statement, 2012) CBS is capable of collecting more plasma from voluntary donors, in fact they have created a pla. [...] Private, paid-plasma centres will take donors away from CBS and will sell the plasma on the international market, thereby decreasing the supply available to Canadians. [...] Lastly, once plasma from Canada is sold internationally, trade agreement rules will make it difficult for Canada to stockpile plasma solely for national use and we will need to continue selling plasma to the highest bidder. [...] Health Canada has the statutory duty to assess the safety of drugs, including blood, whole plasma and plasma products.
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