Why were 2 scientists fired from Winnipeg lab? MPs to examine documents

The refusal to hand over documents led the House of Commons to issue its first formal rebuke of a non-MP in nearly 110 years. That came after MPs voted to invoke a rare set of powers to discipline or potentially even imprison people.


A panel of members of Parliament and judges are going to review documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada’s highest-security laboratory.

On Wednesday, House of Commons leader Mark Holland revealed the names of MPs and judges who will serve as arbiters on an ad hoc committee tasked to examine both redacted and unredacted documents pertaining to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. ---More...

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