The Conservatives are calling on the federal government not to compensate Canada’s large telecom corporations with taxpayer money for choosing to install Huawei’s equipment for their next-generation 5G networks if the Liberals go ahead with a ban on Huawei 5G. “Canadians should not have to pay for the Trudeau government’s failure to make the right decision and ban Huawei years ago,” wrote Conservative Shadow Minister for Public Safety, Raquel Dancho, and Conservative Shadow Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, Ed Fast, in a letter sent Dec. 3. The Tory MPs said their letter, addressed to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, came after recent reports that Bell and Telus, two of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, are seeking over $1 billion in compensation from public money if Huawei is banned from Canada’s telecom networks. “Canadian taxpayers—who are already experiencing record-high inflation, and struggling to afford basic necessities like groceries, …