VANCOUVER—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave little indication of the position he’d take on Huawei during his Monday afternoon closed-door meeting with Telus’s top executive. Article Continued BelowTelus is one of several Canadian telecommunications providers, including Bell and Rogers, which has partnered with Huawei for a variety of projects. Should the federal government ban Huawei from Canada, the cost of ripping out and replacing the equipment from Telus networks could cost the company between $500 million and a billion dollars. This, such experts have argued, is where a clear and decisive determination from the federal government on whether Huawei poses a security risk becomes indispensable. “We are a country of the rule of law, and we will always defend the rule of law,” he said.

Source: thestar February 12, 2019 01:19 UTC