Canada’s federal police service, the RCMP, is using communications technology produced by a Canadian subsidiary of a Chinese multinational blacklisted in the U.S., contracts data from Public Services and Procurement Canada reveal.
This information was first reported by CBC News on Dec. 7 and verified by The Epoch Times.
In October 2021, a contract worth $549,637 was awarded to Sinclair Technologies of Aurora, Ontario, to provide the RCMP with radio frequency filters, on-site maintenance, and engineering support services.
The CBC says one of the purposes of the equipment is to protect RCMP communications from interception.
Sinclair was acquired by Norsat in 2011 for US$19.25 million, which in turn was acquired by Hytera Project in 2017 for US$67.2 million. Hytera Project is wholly owned by Chinese telecommunications giant Hytera Communications….