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| Human Pathogens and Toxins Act | |
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| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Citation | S.C. 2009, c. 24 |
| Considered by | House of Commons of Canada |
| Considered by | Senate of Canada |
| Royal assent | June 23, 2009 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber:House of Commons of Canada | |
| Bill citation | Bill C-11 |
| Introduced by | Leona Aglukkaq MP,Minister of Health |
| First reading | February 9, 2009 |
| Second reading | February 23, 2009 |
| Third reading | May 5, 2009 |
| Second chamber:Senate of Canada | |
| First reading | May 6, 2009 |
| Second reading | June 2, 2009 |
| Third reading | June 23, 2009 |
| Status: Current legislation | |
TheHuman Pathogens and Toxins Act (French:Loi sur les agents pathogènes humains et les toxines, HPTA) is an Act of theParliament of Canada,[1] agreed in 2009 under theHarper government.[2] The responsible Minister is theMinister of Health, and the text defines punishment under theCriminal Code of Canada.[2] The control of security clearances is the exclusive domain of the Minister of Health; neither theRCMP nor theCSIS are mentioned anywhere in the Act.[2] Section 7 of the Act does mention theTransportation of Dangerous Goods Act and theExport and Import Permits Act as falling outside the scope of the HPTA.[2]
It came to light in June 2021 during thedisgrace of Xiangguo Qiu that thePublic Health Agency of Canada requires "anyone working with human pathogens and toxins" at theNational Microbiology Laboratory (or elsewhere) to "have clearance under the HPTA."[3] TheCBC reporter was under the impression that another "secret level clearance" is required to work at the NML but does not disclose the name nor the controller of this additional clearance.[3]
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