An ad hoc committee of parliamentarians has begun its probe into previously withheld documents related to the firing of two infectious-disease scientists from Canada’s highest-security lab in Winnipeg, according to a report. “Work is underway and documents are available to the committee members. They work independently,” said Mark Kennedy, communications director for Government House Leader Mark Holland,…

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company CanSino, with whom Ottawa partnered before the deal fell through, used technology developed in a 2016 paper on Ebola by a now-fired scientist from a government laboratory in Winnipeg and a Chinese major general, an expert says. The government’s partnership on the clinical development of the CanSino vaccine,…

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…

Conservative MP Michael Chong said that the federal government is trying to cover up the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, research collaboration with the Chinese military, and the transfer of deadly viruses to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). “I think they’re worried. I think they realize…

Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended her decision to send unredacted documents regarding the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg to a non-parliamentary committee for review, instead of to the House of Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations. Opposition MPs criticized the move, saying she appears to be dodging accountability for…

The federal government has refused to comply with an order the House passed last week that demands the release of all unredacted documents regarding the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg to the Commons Committee on Canada-China (CACN), instead sending the documents to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of…

A motion introduced by Conservatives to push the Trudeau government to release unredacted documents concerning the deadly viruses transfer to China’s Wuhan laboratory and the firing of two Chinese scientists from Canada’s highest security laboratory was adopted Wednesday. A majority of MPs—179 versus 149—voted in favor of the motion, which calls on the federal  government…

Tories are calling on the federal government to release unredacted documents concerning the removal of two Chinese scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory and the transfer of deadly viruses to China’s Wuhan laboratory. Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong submitted an opposition day motion Tuesday, urging the House of Commons to “put its full…

The Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to retract his accusation of “anti-Asian racism” on the part of the Conservatives after Tory MPs questioned him about the collaboration of Chinese military-linked scientists with scientists in a high-security Canadian laboratory. Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong says conflating “legitimate criticism of China’s…

The Conservatives called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to retract his accusation of “anti-Asian racism” after Conservative MPs questioned him about the collaboration of Chinese military-linked scientists with scientists at a high-security Canadian laboratory. Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong says (pdf) conflating “legitimate criticism of China’s government with Anti-Asian racism” is falling…