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Huge relief to the government, who can now "approve" Huawei, and can go to the Chinese government and say, "see look we play fair in Canada", and still be sure
by Tiktaalik 6y ago
Huge relief to the government, who can now "approve" Huawei, and can go to the Chinese government and say, "see look we play fair in Canada", and still be sure that this will mean nothing and that no Huawei equipment will be used.
Wouldn't be surprised if the government asked the establishment telcos to do this favour for them. Huawei and the notion of them building Canadian 5G polls insanely badly in Canada and the government was in a tough place here.
- arcticbull 6y agoThe relationship between Canada and China isn't exactly cuddly warm right now, what with Meng Wanzhou detained in Vancouver at the request of the Americans, and China's execution of a few unrelated Canadians in retribution [1]. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/china-sentences-another-canadian-man-to-death-amid-huawei-feud https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/china-sen...
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- jariel 6y agoThis was absolutely a strategic consideration planned in concert with the government. There are no surprises for anyone here. Literally not making the public announcement was probably the decision arrived at by Trudeau et. al. I'm not sure if it was the right move, though it's almost assuredly a planned thing.