Winnipeg lab records fight about avoiding ’embarrassment,’ not security: docs

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Two scientists fired from Canada's National Microbiology Lab in 2019 had an 'extensive relationship' with China that they did not properly disclose to Canadian officials.

‘Unacceptable’: Minister Holland on lack of security that led to high-profile firing of 2 Winnipeg scientists in 2019

The Winnipeg lab is Canada’s only Level 4 laboratory, designed to deal safely with deadly contagious germs such as the Ebola virus.O’Toole says Conservatives will not participate in committee investigation of Winnipeg lab firings A follow-up interview determined that Qiu had developed “deep, cooperative relationships with a variety of People’s Republic of China institutions and has intentionally transferred scientific knowledge and materials to China in order to benefit the PRC government, and herself, without regard for the implications to her employer or to Canada’s interests.”

Such a request would have required the Federal Court to rule on longstanding parliamentary precedent that the House of Commons is supreme and has unfettered power to demand the production of any documents it sees fit, no matter how sensitive and regardless of privacy or national security laws.

 

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