Health committee  My initial reaction to that is to make sure that the regulation and authority in the labs is guided by science and that people will have sufficient scientific knowledge about this issue to both promulgate the implementation and make sure it's being followed. I think your greatest

Health committee  Quite frankly, I am not competent to decide on the jurisdiction conflict between provincial and federal governments. What I can tell you is that from the point of view of the operation of a laboratory, it is highly desirable that proper procedure and regulation be promulgated a

Health committee  I'm not sure I follow. From the point of view of impartiality, pathogenic micro-organisms have been one of humankind's worst enemies since the beginning. And we're all on the same side to make sure we wage the war against those together, with minimal risk. I'm not sure I unde

Health committee  I am sorry, I have not worked in many countries. I have worked in the United States and Canada. In a very broad way, the approaches are similar in most western countries, and that is you have a stratification of the micro-organism in terms of the danger and the confinement level

Health committee  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 pub

Health committee  This is certainly a concern that is raised by the legislation. It's a little difficult to address it completely until we see the regulations, but I agree with you that a danger of such a bill is that with indiscriminate use it can result in a chilling effect on medical research,

Health committee  Thank you very much, and thank you for the invitation. I don't have a very extensive presentation, but I have a few comments, nonetheless. I came here more prepared to answer questions. I'm a medical microbiologist, and I spend a considerable part of my time working in diagnos