BREAKING: Canada is set to announce it will ban China's Huawei from participating in the country’s 5G wireless network, CTVNews has confirmed.
Canada is banning China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE, another Chinese company, from participating in the country’s 5G wireless networks, citing national security concerns.
The federal government says it will be tabling legislation "in the very short term" that will make amendments to the Telecommunications Act that they say will shore up Canada's telecommunication system against national security risks in the finance, telecommunications, energy and transport sectors. The federal government has long faced pressure to ban the Chinese telecom giant from participating in the development of Canada's fifth-generation telecommunications infrastructure.
"In the 21st century, cyber security is national security. From cyber attacks, to electronic espionage, to ransomware, the threats to Canadians are greater than ever, and we will protect them,” Mendicino said. In an interview on CTV News Channel's Power Play, Huawei Canada's Alykhan Velshi said that the company is "obviously disappointed" by the move, but said the "so-called" ban "only really targets one small and declining aspect of our business in Canada."
"Either the Liberal government is going to be asked for compensation from these companies, or costs will be passed on to consumers. In either case, Justin Trudeau is forcing Canadians to bear the cost of his inaction and failure," said the party's public safety critic MP Raquel Dancho and industry critic MP Gerard Deltell in a statement.
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