John Ivison: Trudeau government\u0027s Chinese contract not short on stupidity
But the rules are the rules – and the rules say the contract should go to the lowest bidder, so that’s what happened.
Firstly, Rory Olson said there are security risks in handing the contract to a company owned by a country with a history of cyber-espionage. Even though the contract did not stipulate the walk-through X-ray machines be connected to embassy networks, Olson said hard-drives will be accessible, and data downloadable, when the machines are serviced.Article content continued
An attendee watches a television screen showing a baggage scan while standing next to a Nuctech Co. personnel screening device at the company’s booth during the International Brazil Air Show at Rio Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, April 2, 2017.Thirdly, he said his company employs 80 people in Montreal in well-paying, high-tech jobs. “Do you think my company would have any opportunity to bid on contracts for Chinese consulates? Impossible.
Champagne attended the opening of VOTIDetection’s new factory two years ago, rubbing salt in Olson’s wound.Article content continued The bottom line is that Nuctech, viewed by the U.S. security establishment as the “Huawei of airport security”, has won five contracts supplying sensitive equipment to the Canadian government .
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