NEW: Canada’s (delayed) Huawei-5G decision risks putting it at odds with Five Eyes allies has been published.
thestar.com/content/thesta… Analysis by me and @Nuttallreports @TorontoStar #cdnpoli #huawei #china
In the wake of the UK’s move to ban #Huawei from the country’s #5G infrastructure, pressure is mounting on Canada to take a decision experts say will either distance it from longtime allies or risk further eroding its relationship with China.
thestar.com/news/canada/20… @TorontoStar
Canada is now the last nation in the Five Eyes security alliance — also comprised of the United States, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand — not to have closed its door to Huawei. thestar.com/news/canada/20… @TorontoStar #cdnpoli #fiveeyes
In a statement to the Star, #Huawei Canada’s VP of corporate affairs said the U.K. decision will not change the company’s goals in Canada. This includes setting up its cutting-edge North America R&D centre here. thestar.com/news/canada/20… @avelshi @TorontoStar
“It’s not just selling network equipment. We also sell consumer devices such as smartphones, sell fixed wireless equipment to rural telecom carriers and fund world-class research and development,” @Huawei Canada’s VP of corporate affairs told me. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Huawei spent nearly $200 million in Canada last year. From 540 R&D staff in 2018, it now employs 800.
@caparsons said this influx of jobs and money into Canada could give Beijing leverage by threatening to force Huawei to pull out of the country. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
He also cautioned that Canada should not stop at making a decision on whether to ban Huawei’s involvement in 5G development.
“Hacking isn’t going to stop if Huawei stops making our network equipment ... That’s not a cybersecurity strategy.” thestar.com/news/canada/20… @citizenlab
Whoops the “has been published” in first tweet was from me copying and pasting our publication alert email haha. Tweet-promoting in the car (as a passenger, after a post-work bike ride)! thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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