PHAC Head Says Privacy Act Prevents Explanation for Firing of Two Scientists

PHAC Head Says Privacy Act Prevents Explanation for Firing of Two Scientists
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg in a file photo. John Woods/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA — In defiance of a House of Commons committee, the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada still won’t explain why two government scientists were fired 18 months after being escorted from Canada’s highest−security laboratory.