FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo is seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken January 29, 2020. PHOTO BY REUTERS/DADO RUVIC
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes to share a decision on whether to ban Huawei from Canada’s 5G network in the coming weeks
If Canadians think China’s hostage diplomacy with the two Michaels was bad, they need to understand that the communist regime could hold all of Canada hostage if our country’s federal government allows Huawei Technologies to provide any part of our 5G wireless network.
Fifth-generation wireless technology will make driverless cars, remote surgeries and other marvels of technology possible — as well as simply faster entertainment downloads. But it could also unleash devastation at the hands of a hostile regime, as China has proven to be over the past few years.
Canada has long said it doesn’t negotiate with hostage-takers. But imagine if an angry Chinese President Xi Jinping threatened to shut every subway train in downtown Toronto, or every traffic signal in a given province, or worse yet, every power plant in Canada during a winter cold snap. He could threaten to mess with our water treatment plants in every major city. Not only could every air traffic control screen be turned off for geopolitical reasons, every driverless car, or even every modern car with chips tied into the 5G network, could be turned off as they’re speeding down the highway.
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