A court ruling limiting the right of gays to donate blood has raised fears that governments can "contract out" of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms simply by setting up agencies and corporations at arm's length.

In a 188-page ruling on Thursday, Madam Justice Catherine Aitkin ordered a Toronto man, Kyle Freeman, to pay $10,000 to Canadian Blood Services for lying about his sexual history on a questionnaire and endangering blood recipients.

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