Garnett Genuis moved, — That the committee send for all information and documents in the possession of the Public Health Agency of Canada or any subsidiary organizations relating to the transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in March of 2019 and the subsequent revocation of security clearances for, and termination of the employment of, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and Keding Cheng, provided that:

(a) these documents shall be deposited with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, in an unredacted form, within 10 days of the adoption of this order;

(b) the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel redact all information that might reasonably be expected to compromise national security, or reveal details of an ongoing criminal investigation, other than the existence of an investigation, and provide the redacted versions to the committee;

(c) the committee hold an in-camera meeting with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, within seven days of the conclusion of his redaction of the documents, in order to determine which documents could be made public; and

(d) should the Public Health Agency of Canada not provide documents in their unredacted form within 10 days, the President of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Acting Scientific Director General of the National Microbiology Laboratory be scheduled to appear for three hours before the committee, within 17 days of this motion passing, to explain why the documents were not provided.

Debate arose thereon.

The debate on the motion, as amended, continued.

The debate on the motion, as amended, continued.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Stéphane Bergeron, Michael D. Chong, Garnett Genuis, Jack Harris, Pierre Paul-Hus, John Williamson — 6;

NAYS: Emmanuel Dubourg, Peter Fragiskatos, Robert Oliphant, Jean Yip, Lenore Zann — 5.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That the committee send for all information and documents in the possession of the Public Health Agency of Canada or any subsidiary organizations relating to the transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in March of 2019 and the subsequent revocation of security clearances for, and termination of the employment of, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and Keding Cheng, provided that:

(a) these documents shall be deposited with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, in an unredacted form, within 20 days of the adoption of this order;

(b) the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel discuss with the committee, in an in camera meeting, information contained therein, which in his opinion, might reasonably be expected to compromise national security or reveal details of an ongoing criminal investigation, other than the existence of an investigation, so that the committee may determine which information is placed before the committee in public; and

(c) should the Public Health Agency of Canada not provide documents in their unredacted form within 20 days, the President of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Acting Scientific Director General of the National Microbiology Laboratory be scheduled to appear for three hours before the committee, within 27 days of this motion passing, to explain why the documents were not provided.

It was agreed, — That the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel advise the committee of when he receives the documents from the Public Health Agency of Canada and when he would be available to discuss his findings during an in camera meeting, and that priority be given to this meeting.