Frank Wright - November 06, 2025 - Brandon, Manitoba

Journalist Frank Wright provides an investigative overview of the global and Canadian surrogacy industry, outlining how legal loopholes, international surrogacy markets, and “altruistic” frameworks mask a commercial system that routinely exploits women and enables the sale and trafficking of children. Drawing on UN and EU findings, international case studies, Canadian legal realities, and testimony from former surrogates, Wright explains how the industry’s structure—especially within LGBTQ-targeted markets and cross-border arrangements—creates pathways for coercion, fraud, and even access to children by convicted offenders. He argues that Canada’s permissive environment has positioned it as an international destination for acquiring children and calls for a complete ban on surrogacy as a matter of child protection and human dignity.