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A cache of documents from Canada's top intelligence services reveals that Trudeau government virologists had a "clandestine relationship" with Chinese agents, the Counter Signal reports.

Officials concluded that Xiangguo Qiu and her husband “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security”, a newspaper report said. Photo: Handout

Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng – two scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Canada were stripped of their security clearances and fired over questions about their loyalty to Canada, as well as the potential for coercion or exploitation by a foreign entity, according to more than 600 pages of documents made public Wednesday.

Highlights (via CTVNews.ca):

• Qiu and Cheng were escorted out of Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory in July 2019 and subsequently fired in January 2021.

• The pair transferred deadly Ebola and Henipah viruses to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019.

• The Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessed that Qiu repeatedly lied about the extent of her work with institutions of the Chinese government and refused to admit involvement in various Chinese programs, even when evidence was presented to her.

• [D]espite being given every opportunity in her interviews to describe her association with Chinese entities, "Ms. Qiu continued to make blanket denials, feign ignorance or tell outright lies."

• A November 2020 Public Health Agency of Canada report on Qiu says investigators "weighed the adverse information and are in agreement with the CSIS assessment."

• A Public Health Agency report on Cheng's activities says he allowed restricted visitors to work in laboratories unescorted and on at least two occasions did not prevent the unauthorized removal of laboratory materials.

• Cheng was not forthcoming about his activities and collaborations with people from government agencies "of another country, namely members of the People's Republic of China."

But wait, it goes much deeper than that… As The Counter Signal reports (subscribe here to support):

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"Under Justin Trudeau’s watch, the PRC and its entities, including the People’s Liberation Army, were allowed to infiltrate Canada’s top level lab. They were able to transfer sensitive intellectual property and dangerous pathogens to the PRC," reads a statement from Pierre Poilievere, leader of Canada's Conservative Party.

"Based on its own assessment, the Liberal government allowed a person who is “a very serious and credible danger” and “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security” to access and compromise our country’s top level lab, which works with some of the world’s most dangerous viruses, such as Ebola."

"This is a massive national security failure by Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government, which he fought tooth and nail to cover up," the opposition leader continued.