From Winnipeg to Wuhan, Canada is embroiled in an international spy situation, but why does no one seem to care anymore? Recent documents released from the investigation of scientist Dr. Xiangguo Qiu contain bombshells that may point back to the COVID lab leak theory. 

Clarification (March 18, 2024): While the Investigative Journalism Foundation’s Open By Default database includes roughly 20,000 records released by federal departments and agencies in response to access-to-information requests, The Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada project is broader in scope, encompassing summaries of more than 300,000 requests made to over 600 federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal institutions across the country.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson(Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator),  Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading: 

• Lies and scandal: How two rogue scientists at a high-security lab triggered a national security calamity – CBC News 
• The big problem with the Winnipeg lab affair was obvious from the start: too much secrecy – CBC News
• Documents reveal fired scientists shared information with China – The Globe and Mail – Globe and Mail, The Decibel Podcast
• Brian Mulroney, 18th prime minister and Progressive Conservative titan, dead at 84 | Politics | thecanadianpressnews.ca – Canadian Press
• Globe editorial: Brian Mulroney, the last great prime minister – Globe and Mail
• The IJF launches ‘Open By Default,’ a new database of internal government documents never before made public – Investigative Journalism Foundation
• China ends 30-year tradition: premier’s annual press conference | Reuters – Reuters

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