CBC has learned that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has used radio equipment and technology from the Chinese company Hytera Communications. The United States government has banned Hytera, which is partly owned by the Chinese government, due to national security concerns. The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has blacklisted the company for posing "an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons." Canquest worked with Hytera Canada to build the radio communications infrastructure and sold Hytera radio equipment to CBSA. "CBSA takes communications security seriously and has formal processes in place to assess communications security and mitigate risk.

Source: CBC News December 21, 2022 01:35 UTC