The Court of Appeal was asked by the Government of Quebec to answer the following question:
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Are sections 8 to 19, 40 to 53, 60, 61 and 68 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, S.C. 2004, c.2, ultra vires the Parliament of Canada in whole or in part under the Constitution Act, 1867?
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The Court ruled in the affirmative in some respects of the question.