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A Conservative MP asks the president of Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) if he feels embarrassed for heeding legal advice that tells him not to provide unredacted documents regarding the transfer of deadly viruses to China’s Wuhan laboratory and removal of two chinese scientists to the Commons Committee on Canada-China for scrutiny.
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, June 7, 2019. Oliphant is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand OTTAWA – A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Af...
Liberal MP questions Justice Department's legal advice on fired scientists by The Canadian Press Last Updated May 10, 2021 at 11:28 pm EDT OTTAWA — A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs minister, gave the advice late Monday at a House of Commons committee that is trying to find out why two scientists at Canada’s highest security laboratory were fired. PHAC president Iain Stewart told the special commit...
or provide uncensored internal documents, saying it can't release personal information under federal privacy laws. It did provide 271 pages of documents to the committee in advance of Monday's meeting, but much of it was censored. "We've redacted documents where the information pertains to personal information, investigations or security matters. The reason we've done so is that, as public servants, we're bound by law to keep confidential information confidential," PHAC president Iain Stewart told the committee. "It's not that we're wishing to be uncooperative or unresponsive. We are disclos...