Federal authorities now admit they waited too long to act against two scientists fired as Chinese spies at the National Microbiology Laboratory. A security investigation took more than two years: “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out.”
Liberal MP Parm Bains (Steveston-Richmond East, B.C.) yesterday sat silently at the Commons ethics committee as a former opponent seated metres away called him a “willing participant” in Chinese subterfuge. Bains did not reply to reporters’ questions: “Let me introduce my former opponent.”
Public support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan depends on the math, says in-house federal research. New data coincided yesterday with a private Commons bill to block any Alberta pension pull-out: ‘If the 53% figure is correct the province would be justified.’
Cabinet does not know how much plastic pollution there is in Canada despite budgeting millions to eliminate it, a federal report said yesterday. It follows in-house research showing few Canadians rate plastic waste a serious problem: “Few are concerned.”
