Opposition parties urge immediate release of uncensored Winnipeg lab documents

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Open this photo in gallery: The National Microbiology Laboratory is shown in Winnipeg on May 19, 2009.JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press Opposition parties are calling for the immediate release of uncensored records on the firing of two scientists from Canada’s top infectious-disease laboratory – researchers who worked with China – after a committee found most of the information redacted from related Public Health Agency of Canada documents appears to have been withheld to shield the organization from embarrassment rather than to protect national security. The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois Thursday urged the documents be made available as soon as possible –...