The membership would be very happy to have level 2 pathogens removed from this act—at least for now—even if that reference were to be replaced by a statement that all work with pathogens should be subject to guidelines generated by PHAC. That would be fine in the act. We'd wait to see what those regulations were, and we'd consult with the agency. What we've been receiving in the form of these documents at information sessions looks fine to us, but they're full of “might”, “may”, and “probably”, and we don't know for sure.
So for now we'd be very happy with the removal of level 2 pathogens from the act, and maybe the addition of a clause that says that all work should be regulated by regulations.