Subclause 3(2) of Bill C-11 states that for the purposes of this act, “a human pathogen or toxin includes (a) a substance that contains a human pathogen or toxin”. Clause 4 of the bill also provides that the act doesn't apply to “a human pathogen or toxin that is in an environment in which it naturally occurs if it has not been cultivated or intentionally collected or extracted”.
There was a comment that waste treatment facilities commonly collect and treat water that contains human pathogens or toxins. The waste water is in a natural environment for human pathogens and toxins, so according to clause 4 of Bill C-11, the act does not apply to these. Dr. Tellier also brought up a point about patients who perhaps have diseases that have these things as part of them. Is it possible to consider these facilities as substances under clause 3 of Bill C-11 so as to include them under the act?