I'll get my specific notes.
You're correct in the sense that the purpose of this bill is to create a comprehensive national regime to deal with the safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins. It will create a licensing scheme, essentially, that will require people to obtain a licence before undertaking certain activities with human pathogens and toxins.
Some provinces have specific legislation requiring the licensing and accreditation of their laboratories, including Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, and that's specific legislation on licensing and accreditation. All provincial legislation deals primarily with workplace safety and laboratory operations, and they usually set things like standards for quality assurance and diagnostic testing as well as specific standards for laboratory equipment.
It does not require laboratories to report on which human pathogens and toxins they possess, nor does it require security clearances for access to the most dangerous human pathogens and toxins. The intent behind this legislation is to provide federal legislation to track which persons possess these human pathogens and toxins and to ensure, as Dr. Tam previously said, that all laboratories within Canada, whether they import or not, follow the same biosafety laboratory guidelines.