Article content continuedPhoto by Nelson Ching/BloombergMichele Mullen, director general of the government’s Centre for Cyber Security, told the committee that Global Affairs had not asked her agency to do a review of Nuctech and its connections to the Chinese state. The officials stressed that the standing offer awarded to Nuctech does not become a binding contract unless the government issues a “call-up” against the offer, which sets out pre-arranged prices. Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency, which has previously purchased some Nuctech equipment, also spoke at the committee and defended their use of Nuctech X-ray machines. “We have a number of mitigating interventions that we put in place around this technology,” said Scott Harris, vice-president of the CBSA’s intelligence and enforcement branch. • Email: bplatt@postmedia.com | Twitter: btaplatt

Source: National Post November 19, 2020 15:51 UTC