MPs Chide ‘Incompetent’ Health Agency Over Fired National Microbiology Lab Scientists

MPs Chide ‘Incompetent’ Health Agency Over Fired National Microbiology Lab Scientists
A lab technician works in a mobile lab at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg on Nov. 3, 2014. The Canadian Press/Pool, Reuters-Lyle Stafford
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Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs.

The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada appeared before a parliamentary committee on relations between Canada and China, where she was peppered with questions about the firing of two researchers in 2021.