Poilievre claims Trudeau is covering up lapses at high-security lab, PM accuses rival of spewing conspiracies

Poilievre claims Trudeau is covering up lapses at high-security lab, PM accuses rival of spewing conspiracies

After a years-long fight for access, the federal government dumped hundreds of pages of documents about the dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng. The two were marched out of the facility in July 2019 and were stripped of their security clearances. Their dismissals were announced in January 2021.

The RCMP says it's still investigating the matter. Trudeau said he's also asked his national security adviser to look into what happened at the lab and to make recommendations. During that news conference, Poilievre accused Trudeau of allowing China to "infiltrate" Canada and covering it up by delaying the release of the documents.

"The quickness with which they're looking for partisan advantage is not just undermining Canadians' trust in the system, but interfering with the ability of Parliament to deal with this."

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