Tag: National Microbiology Laboratory

Tories Ask Feds to Identify 11 Federal Candidates Who Allegedly Received Funding From Beijing

Conservative MP Michael Chong is calling on the Liberal government to identify the 11 candidates who allegedly received funding from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 2019 federal election. “It is clear that Beijing interfered in last year’s 2021 election. Beijing’s ambassador to Canada commented critically and publicly during that election campaign and Beijing…


MPs on New Special Committee to See Files on Firing of NML Scientists, Virus Transfers to China

The Liberal government has reached an agreement with opposition parties to create a special committee, giving MPs complete access to previously withheld documents in relation to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory in Winnipeg and shipments of deadly viruses to China. Government House Leader Speaker Mark Holland said his Conservative, NDP, and…


Liberals Plan to Review Secret Lab Documents—With or Without Conservatives

The federal Liberals will move ahead on a special, all-party, security-cleared committee to review documents related to the firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg—even if the Conservatives continue to reject their plan. Government House leader Mark Holland said Wednesday the NDP has agreed to the idea, and he hopes…


Tories Accuse Trudeau of Calling Election to Cover Up Winnipeg Lab Collaboration With Chinese Military Scientist

The Conservatives are accusing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau of calling the election to cover up details of what happened at Canada’s only level 4 laboratory, where a Canadian government scientist reportedly collaborated with a high-ranking Chinese military officer. “We now know why Justin Trudeau called this early $600-million election, risking the health of Canadians in…


Government Interfering With ‘Exclusive Jurisdiction’ of House, Speaker Tells Court

OTTAWA—A federal attempt to shield documents related to the firing of two scientists is a violation of parliamentary privilege and must be tossed out of court, House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says. In a notice of motion filed Thursday in Federal Court, Rota says the House, by virtue of its parliamentary privileges, has the…


Collaborating With China: Winnipeg Lab Debacle Could Be Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Commentary In the summer of 2010, then-Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Richard Fadden warned in a CBC interview of elaborate espionage campaigns being conducted in Canada by foreign governments. Though he didn’t identify a specific country, it was obvious he was referring to China. Fadden also talked about what has more recently been termed “elite…


MPs Give PHAC 20 Days to Submit Documents About Removal of 2 Scientists From Winnipeg Lab

A House of Commons committee has passed a motion rejecting the reason the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) gave for refusing to disclose critical documents that would help explain why two scientists were fired from Canada’s highest-security Level 4 laboratory. On Wednesday, the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations passed a motion…


PHAC President Refuses to Explain to MPs Why Scientists Were Fired From Winnipeg Lab

The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada refused to explain to a House of Commons committee the reasons behind why a prominent Chinese Canadian scientist and her husband who worked at Canada’s top laboratory were fired after a police investigation. At the Committee on Canada-China Relations on March 22, PHAC president Iain Stewart…


Two Scientists Fired From Top Canadian Laboratory After Shipping Viruses to Wuhan Institute of Virology

Two Chinese Canadian virology scientists have been fired by the Public Health Agency of Canada after they were evicted from the National Microbiology Laboratory under a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation that remains largely a mystery. “The two scientists are no longer employed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as of Jan. 20,…


Two Scientists Fired From Top Canadian Laboratory Amid Police Investigation

A prominent Chinese Canadian scientist and her husband have been fired by the Public Health Agency of Canada after they were evicted from the National Microbiology Laboratory under a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation that remains largely a mystery. “The two scientists are no longer employed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as…