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David Vigneault tells MPs Chinese hacking and espionage has been a serious threat since Xi Jinping became president

OTTAWA — Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab defended security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations from MPs of bureaucratic incompetence Friday.

The couple were escorted out of the National Microbiology Laboratory in July, 2019, and later had their security clearances revoked. They were fired in January, 2021

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Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs.

OTTAWA - Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs.

The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada appeared before a parliamentary committee discussing relations between Canada and China and was peppered with questions about the firing of two disease researchers in 2021.

The House unanimously passed a motion declaring Kristian Firth to be in contempt of Parliament

About a month after a bombshell 600-page report showed how Chinese scientists in a Winnipeg lab shared secret materials with China, Canadian MPs opened a new inquiry into the incident.

Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world, home to Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research. It will be the only non-government Level 4 facility in the country, part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.