"However, in one of the first moves when the Commons resumed sitting last week, the Conservatives asked Rota to rule that the government was in contempt of Parliament when it launched the court proceeding. Rota has not yet ruled on the matter but should he agree, the Conservatives intend to move a motion, supported by other opposition parties, to issue a warrant to seize the documents.

The demand for documents includes material related to the transfer, overseen by Qiu, of deadly Ebola and Henipah viruses to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019.

Stewart, who is no longer the head of PHAC, had assured MPs that the transfer had nothing to do with the subsequent firings of Qiu and Cheng, and that there was no connection to COVID-19.

The coronavirus was first identified in China's Wuhan province and some believe it may have been released accidentally by the virology institute, triggering the global pandemic. In October, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed a team of scientists to oversee an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains unknown nearly two years after it began.

Despite Stewart's assurances, opposition parties continue to suspect a link."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-all-party-committee-winnipeg-lab-1.6272074