Tory party leader Erin O’Toole has hired a former top executive of the controversial Chinese firm Huawei..O’Toole brought on board Jake Enwright, who was Huawei Canada Vice President & Director of Corporate Affairs. He will handle research and issues management for the Conservatives..O’Toole has already said if elected prime minister there is no way he would allow the Chinese-backed Huawei onto’s Canada’s 5G networks..Enwright worked for former Tory leader Andrew Scheer, leaving his office in 2018..Many countries around the world have banned Huawei claiming it would allow the Chinese to use the 5G system to spy on their countries..Canada and its Five Eyes allies — the U.K., New Zealand and Australia — are under pressure from fellow member, the U.S., to ban Huawei on security grounds..But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still hasn’t made a decision on whether to allow it in Canada..“Unlike Justin Trudeau, I don’t take entities of the Chinese regime at their word. If I’m PM Huawei will be banned from 5G,” tweeted Tory leader O’Toole on September 17..It cames on the day, the Globe and Mail reported Huawei had communicated to Ottawa that it promised not to spy on Canada..“Huawei Canada has put together a legal agreement between the company and the federal government that outlines a ‘no back-door, no-spying’ pledge,” the Globe reported from their sources..Ottawa has spent almost two years studying whether to allow Huawei into 5G networks..Bell Canada and Telus Corp have announced they will not partner with Huawei in their 5G network and instead go with Ericsson and Nokia..Both companies use Huawei in their 4G networks..Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on on December 1, 2018, following an extradition request from U.S. officials who alleged she violated sanctions on doing business with Iran..Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained in China days later and were later charged with espionage..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Tory party leader Erin O’Toole has hired a former top executive of the controversial Chinese firm Huawei..O’Toole brought on board Jake Enwright, who was Huawei Canada Vice President & Director of Corporate Affairs. He will handle research and issues management for the Conservatives..O’Toole has already said if elected prime minister there is no way he would allow the Chinese-backed Huawei onto’s Canada’s 5G networks..Enwright worked for former Tory leader Andrew Scheer, leaving his office in 2018..Many countries around the world have banned Huawei claiming it would allow the Chinese to use the 5G system to spy on their countries..Canada and its Five Eyes allies — the U.K., New Zealand and Australia — are under pressure from fellow member, the U.S., to ban Huawei on security grounds..But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still hasn’t made a decision on whether to allow it in Canada..“Unlike Justin Trudeau, I don’t take entities of the Chinese regime at their word. If I’m PM Huawei will be banned from 5G,” tweeted Tory leader O’Toole on September 17..It cames on the day, the Globe and Mail reported Huawei had communicated to Ottawa that it promised not to spy on Canada..“Huawei Canada has put together a legal agreement between the company and the federal government that outlines a ‘no back-door, no-spying’ pledge,” the Globe reported from their sources..Ottawa has spent almost two years studying whether to allow Huawei into 5G networks..Bell Canada and Telus Corp have announced they will not partner with Huawei in their 5G network and instead go with Ericsson and Nokia..Both companies use Huawei in their 4G networks..Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on on December 1, 2018, following an extradition request from U.S. officials who alleged she violated sanctions on doing business with Iran..Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained in China days later and were later charged with espionage..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
