Liberals and Conservatives can’t even agree on their divisions over release of Winnipeg lab documents

Government House Leader Mark Holland says releasing any sensitive Winnipeg lab documents could compromise ongoing investigations, and could potentially could endanger the lives of Canadian security intelligence officers. But the Conservatives don't buy it.

Government House Leader Mark Holland and Conservative House Leader Gerard Deltell. 'They’re asking for the ability to unilaterally, as opposition members, make the decision whether or not confidential documents could be leaked,' said Holland. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

January 28, 2022

The logjam over the Conservatives’ continued refusal to participate in the Liberal government’s two proposed ways the Tories can access documents related to the 2021 dismissal of two Chinese scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC’s) National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in...

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