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University of Montreal Signed Agreements in 2019 With Chinese Tech Institute Tied to China’s Military

May 15, 2023
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The University of Montreal (UdeM) says two 2019 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) it signed with a China-based educational institution linked to the Chinese military never moved forward to begin actual work. The China-based school, the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), is on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List, added “for acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items…

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Trudeau Briefed ‘Multiple Times’ on 2019 and 2021 Foreign Election Interference, Says National Security Adviser

March 2, 2023
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was briefed “multiple times” regarding Chinese election interference schemes in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections, says Jody Thomas, his national security and intelligence adviser. Thomas made the comments while testifying on March 1 before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. The committee is currently studying…

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Critical Infrastructure at Risk of Russian Cyberattacks, Canadian Cyberspy Agency Warns

January 21, 2022
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The Canadian government is warning of Russian-backed cyberattacks on Canadian critical infrastructure, amid growing tensions between Western countries and Moscow over concerns of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) said in a bulletin issued on Jan. 20 that it has become aware of Russian-backed cyber threat activities targeting Canadian critical…

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Ottawa Adds National Security Risk Assessments to Federal Research Funding

July 12, 2021
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OTTAWA—The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says research projects must now undergo a risk assessment as part of any grant application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He says the research council will then assess…

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Health Minister Defends Sending Unredacted Documents on Wuhan Lab Virus Transfer to Non-Parliamentary Committee

June 15, 2021
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Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended her decision to send unredacted documents regarding the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg to a non-parliamentary committee for review, instead of to the House of Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations. Opposition MPs criticized the move, saying she appears to be dodging accountability for…

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