Actually, there already is a classification in Canada. In the Health Canada web site—I do not know exactly where—all micro-organisms are described. It tells whether each is a bacterium, a protozoan, a fungus or a virus. It says what family they belong to, what pathology they can cause, the containment level needed when working with them, and so on. The bill changes some things with no justification at all and this is why I used the word arbitrary. Show me evidence to the contrary and I will stop saying arbitrary. Without that evidence, it is arbitrary in my books.
On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.