In 2021, Canada dismissed two scientists who worked in an infectious disease laboratory for transferring confidential information to China. The transferred data could have posed a threat to the country’s national security, according to Reuters. Canadian officials concluded during the investigation that the family was a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security. Canadian Health Minister Mark Holland called the security breaches at the lab unacceptable. Canadian police said in 2019 they were launching a probe into the matter but Wednesday’s revelation was the first time that de…