Lab Chief Retired Shortly Before Controversial Winnipeg Lab Documents Surfaced

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

The former federal executive criticized for his failure to disclose records of security breaches at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg retired just weeks before cabinet tabled the long-awaited documents on Feb. 28.

Iain Stewart became the first manager to be censured by Parliament since 1891. He retired as National Research Council president after more than six years in the post.