CBC:
The federal government has banned Huawei from working on Canada’s fifth-generation networks over security concerns — a decision critics say was long overdue.
The move puts Canada in line with key intelligence allies like the United States which have expressed concerns about the national security implications of giving the Chinese tech giant access to key infrastructure.
It’s hard to have any real response to this garbage other than rolling your eyes. There are no “national security concerns,” with letting Huawei have access to 5G networks, and it’s insulting to our intellects that they would pretend otherwise.
They’ll also have to remove or terminate any existing 4G equipment provided by the companies by December 31, 2027. The policy statement says the government expects companies to stop purchasing new 4G or 5G equipment from the companies by September of this year.
Responding to a question about the risk of retaliation from the Chinese government, Champagne didn’t indicate that was a factor in the government’s decision.
“Let me be clear, this is about Canada, this is about our national security, this is about our telecom infrastructure,” he said.
Now, what do you think the servative opposition to this was. Do you think it was A) LMFAO this is ridiculous. Or do you think it was B) You need to be more Chyna Baaaaad?
But opposition parties say the government waited far too long to make up its mind.
In a media statement, Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho and Gerard Deltell, the party’s critic for innovation, science and industry, said the government should have banned Huawei sooner.
“Conservatives repeatedly called on the Trudeau government to do the right thing and listen to security experts and the calls from our allies — but they refused,” they said in a statement.
There is a weird dilemma that I face, where covering these fake fights is politically important, since it shows how utterly fake these parties are. However, even I am tired beyond all belief at this. They shouldn’t have banned Huawei, that’s simply to serve existing monopolistic tech corporations that they compete against, like Google. And so of course conservatives don’t point this out, because their job is to not do that.
I’ll be focusing on more interesting things from here on out.
