Mr. Chair, today we need to debate the motion moved by Mr. Michael Chong so that we can undertake a study. It is important for people to know why this motion was moved and for my colleagues from all parties to know the motivations behind the motion.
As I said, I'm going to be very quick, because I only have a few minutes left. It took 10 months to secure the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. We need to know when the Prime Minister was informed of the situation at the lab.
I will talk later about the appearance of the Minister of Health. We need to know when the Minister of Health was informed of the situation at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to ensure that it won't happen again, as I mentioned earlier.
We have some serious questions for the Public Health Agency of Canada. We had to wait three years before getting information that turned out not to put the country's national security at risk. The Minister of Health, Mr. Holland, confirmed that he was not responsible for the unnecessary redaction of documents from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. That is why we are inviting representatives from the Public Health Agency of Canada to find out why they decided to redact the documents and not allow Canadians to see them.
Minister Holland said that no employees of the Public Health Agency of Canada would be held responsible and that nothing had been transferred from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. We're seeking clarification on those statements.
As I mentioned, after all the attempts made by this Parliament and the last to obtain these documents, we have a duty to study them now that we have them in hand. It is the role of the parliamentarians here to ask all the questions required to shed light on the matter at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Thank you.