Opposition Parties Rekindle Push to Obtain Documents on Firing of Winnipeg Scientists

The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is shown in a May 19, 2009 photo. The Canadian Press/John Woods

As Parliament resumed this week, opposition parties picked up where they left off in their quest to obtain more information from the Liberal government pertaining to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory.

During the first session of the new Parliament on Nov. 23, all opposition parties signalled their intention to pursue a new battle with the Liberals to obtain documents that provide more information on the firing of scientists Xiangguo Qiu and Keding Cheng, who were escorted out of Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab (NML) in 2019, and later fired.