OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reinforced America’s hard-line posture against China this past weekend, underscoring the already complicated decision facing Ottawa over whether it will allow Huawei Technologies to build its next-generation mobile networks. A decision by Industry Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada’s 5G network is expected sometime this year. Last month British Prime Minster Boris Johnson approved Huawei’s bid to build parts of its 5G network, along with certain “tight restrictions,” which appeared to open the door for Ottawa to make a similar suggestion. Anybody could slip in anything they want, number oneAdding to calls to resist the Shenzhen-based company is the hard-line posture of the Trump administration against China. “We have to make a decision on the horse we are going to ride in this race,” Barr had said.

Source: National Post February 10, 2020 12:00 UTC