Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 3rd, 2026

Fertility Inc. is a multi-part series by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that delves into the Wild West of the egg-freezing industry, its aggressive marketing, the high cost and the chances of an eventual successful pregnancy . The largely unregulated, private fertility clinics that offer egg freezing to women in Canada need stronger safeguards around transparency, advertising and counselling, say many experts who have studied or worked in the field. Over eight months, the Investigative Journalism Bureau analyzed how egg freezing is marketed and sold to women. It found several...