Commentary
Canada is finally banning Huawei from its telecommunication networks. The company, based in China, allegedly has military and intelligence ties to the regime in Beijing. Ottawa, Canada’s capital, cited national security risks as the reason.
But the Canadian government of the leftist Liberal party is years late. The United States began restricting business with Huawei in 2019. Canada is the last of the Five Eyes alliance, which also includes the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, to impose the ban.
The slow pace of Canada allowed its telecom industry to purchase components from Huawei, which now has technology in approximately 10,000 cellphone sites across the country. Huawei components must now be stripped out at great expense to taxpayers, consumers, and shareholders….