Tag: Xiangguo Qiu

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…


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…


Covering for Dr. Xiangguo Qiu: ‘Nothing to Steal’ From Canada’s National Microbiology Lab?

Commentary Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng have not been seen publicly since February 2020, six months after they were stripped of their security clearances at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Former colleagues are now speaking out on Dr. Qui’s behalf, as the mystery points to “larger issues” at the…


Canadian Hostages and Chinese Scientists Provide Lessons on China’s Communist Dictatorship

Commentary Chinese scientist Xiangguo Qiu transferred deadly pathogens from Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) Dr. Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng were dismissed from the NML in 2019 and journalists are now unable to locate them. Those bombshell revelations are finally getting traction, but they may have overshadowed…


Chinese Scientist Who Shipped Deadly Pathogens to Wuhan Held 2 Patents

Commentary “The high-profile scientist who was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease lab collaborated with Chinese government scientists on inventions registered in Beijing, but closely related to her federal job,” reports National Post reporter Tom Blackwell. Xiangguo Qiu was “a long-time federal civil servant when the patents were registered in 2017 and 2019 for innovations…


O’Toole Says National Security Committee Being Used to Cover up Scientists’ Firing

OTTAWA—Erin O’Toole says Conservatives will no longer participate in a special national security committee because it’s being used to cover up an incident that caused two scientists at Canada’s highest level security laboratory to be fired. The Conservative leader says his party’s members are withdrawing “effectively immediately” from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of…