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Intelligence documents detail why Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng were fired from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg in 2021.

Winnipeg/IBNS: A scientist couple from Winnipeg was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease lab as he was working to benefit China, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assessment says.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it has taken steps to bolster research security after two scientists lost their jobs over their dealings with China.

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OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it has taken steps to bolster research security after two scientists lost their jobs over their dealings with China.

Report says Xiangguo Qiu secretly worked with Wuhan Institute for Virology and posed a ‘threat to Canada’s economic security’

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service decided two scientists at a highly-secure Winnipeg lab posed a security threat, but had no evidence of working with foreign agents.

Health Minister Mark Holland told reporters in Ottawa that there has not been a hard stop to all work between infectious-disease researchers at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg and China

Now, the federal government will work to implement the program and pass legislation before the next election