MPs Recommend Releasing Records on Firing of Scientists Tied to China Collaborations
• Special committee of MPs tasked with evaluating censored records on firing of two scientists from Canada's top infectious disease lab • Committee recommends majority of documents be made public, saying information appears to be about protecting agency from embarrassment rather than legitimate security concerns • Scientists Xiangguo Qiu and husband Keding Cheng had security clearances revoked and were fired from National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg • Globe reported scientists collaborated with Chinese military researchers to study deadly pathogens and possibly passed intellectual property to China without approval • Judges helped oversee review of classified documents related to transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses overseen by Dr. Qiu to lab in Wuhan, China