Lawyer ‘Very Confident’ a Foreign Adversary Attacked Canadian Diplomats in Cuba

Lawyer ‘Very Confident’ a Foreign Adversary Attacked Canadian Diplomats in Cuba
In this April 17, 2018 file photo, a man walks beside Canada's embassy in Havana, Cuba. AP/Desmond Boylan
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A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that dismisses the theory.

Eight years after foreign service officials and their dependants began reporting such symptoms as headaches, memory loss, mood changes, vision problems, nausea and nosebleeds, a legal action against Ottawa over the health problems is still grinding along in Federal Court.