Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
OTTAWA Liberals and Conservatives have stumbled into a thorny debate over fears that criticism of China can bleed into bigotry, as wariness of the global superpower rises alongside incidents of anti-Asian racism in Canada.
Tory MPs asked Justin Trudeau last week to respond to reports that scientists at a Winnipeg infectious-diseases laboratory had been collaborating with Chinese military researchers.
“Communist China cannot be trusted,” Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen said during question period in the House of Commons on May 26. “Will the prime minister commit to ending this research and this co-operation with the regime that … actually wants to hurt Canada?”
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Conservatives Call on Feds to Release Unredacted Documents Concerning Transfer of Viruses to Wuhan Lab
Tories are calling on the federal government to release unredacted documents concerning the removal of two Chinese scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory and the transfer of deadly viruses to China’s Wuhan laboratory.
Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong submitted an opposition day motion Tuesday, urging the House of Commons to “put its full weight” to pressure the liberal government to release the unredacted documents on national security grounds.
“We know that seven government scientists at the government’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg collaborated with Chinese scientists on some of the world’s most dangerous viruses and pathogens. The scientists co-authored at least six studies from 2016 to 2020. We know that some of the research was paid for by China’s government, and that some of the scientists were part