Morning Update: Federal Court expands definition of espionage in decision to bar Chinese student from Canada

News Snapshot:

Good morning, A Federal Court judge has concluded that a Chinese engineering student is a potential spy and cannot enter Canada in a ruling that broadens the definition of espionage and has potentially wide consequences for foreign researchers. Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton said Yuekang Li’s plan to study under a leading researcher at the University of Waterloo and take what he learns back to China to improve its public-health system fits the definition of “non-traditional” espionage – even without evidence he ever engaged in or had been trained in spying, or that his research has military uses. University...