The federal government has introduced a new bill it says will protect critical Canadian industries from cyberattacks and hacking, following Ottawa’s announcement last month that it would ban Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE from the country’s 5G and 4G networks.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino presented Bill C-26 to the House of Commons on June 14, saying it aims to protect vital sectors from cyber threats, including the finance, energy, transportation, and telecommunications industries.
“Ransomware attacks, espionage, cyber-attacks, foreign interference, the conduct of hostile state actors and their proxies are all part of the national security landscape,” Mendicino said in a press conference….