Beijing Guides Academics in Canada to Exploit Security Screening, MPs Told

Beijing Guides Academics in Canada to Exploit Security Screening, MPs Told

Chinese companies are urging Canadian academics to set up separate businesses to bypass federal research-security screenings, potentially putting sensitive Canadian data at risk, a China scholar told MPs during a committee meeting. Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy, raised the concern during an Oct. 29 meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science an…