Not as far as risk group two pathogens are concerned. My understanding is that it boils down to whether the federal government wishes to know what risk group two pathogens exist in laboratories in Canada and whereabouts in Canada those laboratories are based. It's that simple. For risk group two, that's all the information...if you do away with the security clearance, the only information you will gain from Bill C-11 is that you will know all of these labs and they will also come now under the microscope. All these labs are off the radar right now. Unless you import these organisms, you don't need to interact with the Public Health Agency of Canada or CFIA at all.
On March 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.