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 capture,” the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to curry favour with those in positions of power and influence to advance its interests. As China has become more powerful and brazen, transparency around Canada’s dealings with the CCP is even more important. The controversy around the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and the transfer of deadly viruses from the facility to Wuhan, China, is a case in point. The Liberal government has been trying to avoid releasing to Parliament the unredacted documents related to the firing of the two scientists. …