Title: Tanya Walker discusses the Language Barrier to Donating Blood | CityNews
Date: July 31, 2021,
Description: Tanya Walker appeared on CityNews to discuss an usual barrier in Canada that prevents those who do not speak or cannot read in English or French from donating blood.
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it is legal
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tanya walker is a gta lawyer she says
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health law is very clear anyone
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undergoing a procedure must be able to
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provide proper consent
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she cautions having family or friends
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translate could lead to paraphrasing
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important details
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and adds language falls outside the
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scope of the canadian and ontario human
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rights code
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language is not a prohibited ground we
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have culture we have sex
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we have like ethnicity but not language
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she says some similar cases around
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language have so far been unsuccessful
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in court
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but that bringing the issue before the
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canadian human rights commission might
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still be an option
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and that’s like the police and they
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investigate
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the matter and then they might refer to
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the tribunal which is like a court