Years after scientists fired, RCMP still investigating. Some question whether they are up to the task — or the government is committed.
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In the still-unresolved debate over the origins of COVID, some scientists and U.S. government agencies have said they suspect it may have “leaked” through an infected employee from the Wuhan lab. The virus emerged, though, several months after Qiu and Cheng were removed from the Winnipeg facility, and there has been no indication of any link between them and the pandemic bug.
Part of the problem with RCMP investigations into such cases is a lack of expertise, coupled with shortages of staff, said Leuprecht, who has testified at inquiries and written about the need forOfficers are usually obliged to start their careers as uniformed members doing contract policing in communities throughout Canada, rather than being recruited for specialized jobs such as forensic accounting.
He said there’s no evidence the government has pushed the RCMP to slow or shelve the Winnipeg investigation, but he noted that testimony at the recent Nova Scotia mass-casualty inquiry pointed to a close relationship between the force’s top brass and cabinet.
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