Two scientists who worked at Canada’s top microbiology lab passed on secret scientific information to China, and one of them was a “realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security,” documents from the national intelligence agency and a security investigation show.
Canadian universities can now be disqualified from federal funding if they enter into partnerships with any of 100 institutions in China, Russia and Iran.
The release of the documents was the subject of a prolonged debate in Parliament that began before the last federal election, in September 2021.
Opposition parties asked to see the records at least four times and found the Liberal government to be in contempt of Parliament in 2021.
The government filed a lawsuit in an attempt to keep the records hidden, but dropped it when the vote was called.
Persons:
Xiangguo Qiu, Keding Cheng
Organizations:
Commons, Liberal
Locations:
China, Russia, Iran