Fixed it for you, andrewr: Everything requires a commercial license, except what is listed in CAR 2(7)(d).
CAR 2(7A) is merely a deeming provision for the purposes of one of the paras on the list in CAR 2(7)(d).
And don’t forget: Any kind of activity that is “substantially similar” to something elsewhere on the list is also private.
Torres nailed a key issue: Don’t try to reconcile any of this stuff on the basis of safety. Some of the distinctions drawn in the classification of operations system have no causal connection with safety.