Feds Ask Court to Keep Documents Related to Scientists’ Firing Under Wraps

President of the Public Health Agency of Canada Iain Stewart, second from left, approaches the bar in the House of Commons to be admonished by the Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 21, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA—The Liberal government is asking the Federal Court to prohibit disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada’s highest−security laboratory.

House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota reprimanded Public Health Agency of Canada head Iain Stewart on Monday over his repeated refusal to provide the unredacted documents to MPs on the Canada-China relations committee.