Intelligence Committee Warns China, Russia Targeting Canadian COVID-19 Research

David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, holds a new conference to release the committee's annual report, in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Parliament’s special intelligence committee is warning that China and Russia are increasingly targeting Canada with espionage and cyber attacks—and that the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the problem.

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians says that includes attempts to steal Canadian research on COVID-19 and vaccines, and sow misinformation.