Just to add a few things.
Mr. Dufour, I certainly expressed some reservations regarding the constitutionality of the legislation, but it should also be mentioned that regulations are required with respect to the use of the various micro-organisms. There could be some serious public health implications, and implications for the health of the people who work in these laboratories. Infections picked up in labs are a real problem. There are examples of this, and Dr. Tam reminded us earlier about what happened with the H2N2 flu virus, which was unfortunately distributed to a number of laboratories throughout the world in a quality control kit. If this virus had gotten beyond the confines of a laboratory, it could have caused a pandemic. The H2N2 virus, which disappeared in 1968, caused a pandemic in the past and could do so again, because everyone born after 1968 has no immunity to it.
I am definitely sensitive to any legislation that could do more harm than good, but there is this need for proper regulations. I would not want us to lose sight of that either.