Canadian Politics Today

Australia banned Huawei in 2018, before the US.

and this has what to do with your fervour over Chinese police stations? Yeesh!

the timing for Canada's ban of Huawei & ZTE was influenced by 2 key factors:

=> recognizing the prevailing market reality and expectations of an eventual ban, Canadian telco's self-imposed internal company decisions to exclude Huawei/ZTE from 'in development' 5G network development - there was no technological driver influencing the timing of the Canadian federal government's ban on Huawei/ZTE!

=> the Canadian federal government had to cautiously consider how bilateral relations with China were influenced by the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and how the extradition process to the U.S. impacted upon the successful release of the '2 Michael's (Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor)' held under detention by China... in response to the Canadian arrest of Meng Wanzhou (as requested by the U.S.).