Canadian governments have provided millions in funding to Huawei and academic researchers collaborating with it, most of the grants designed to enhance the company’s 5G prowess, records indicate. The support includes a $16-million handout from Ontario’s former Liberal government to Huawei in 2016, augmenting money the company said it would spend on enhancing 5G research in the province. The McGill grant is among almost $7 million NSERC has provided researchers collaborating with Huawei since 2016-17. Indeed, jointly financing private-sector projects is a longstanding practice of most governments and common in university research. The province had provided Huawei $6.5 million in 2010 for another job-creation initiative, part of what Ontario called a strategic partnership.

Source: National Post February 03, 2020 21:56 UTC