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Health committee No, but if you look at the possible sentences and fines for not complying to specific rules.... If you work with a level 2 pathogen and you don't comply, you can be fined and go to jail. Compared to somebody who is caught drunk while driving, it's a clear imbalance between the po
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Dr. Albert Descoteaux
Health committee I briefly mentioned inadequate infrastructure. To establish a level 2 containment laboratory, you have to buy the proper biological safety cabinets. If you do not have them, they will cost you $20,000. Where is that money going to come from? Building and maintaining a level 3 con
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Dr. Albert Descoteaux
Health committee Maybe I can answer that question. Concerning level 3 and level 4 pathogens, there are already a lot of regulations. I don't think that adding this criminal aspect would help in deterring somebody determined to cause a bioterrorism act. I think somebody like the person who was
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Dr. Albert Descoteaux
Health committee First, let me thank you for giving me the privilege of coming to share with you the concerns of a number of my colleagues and myself with regard to many aspects of Bill C-11. I am a professor and researcher at the Institut Armand-Frappier. Most of the research and teaching activ
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Dr. Albert Descoteaux