Tim Cheung (@TimCheung)

Ricker Choi shared a link. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-charest-advising-huawei-in-meng-wanzhou-case-and-on-5g-networks/ #Chinese #Communist #puppet #JeanCharest is running for #Conservative Party leadership. //Former #Quebec #premier Jean Charest, who is contemplating a run for the Conservative Party leadership, has been acting as a consultant to #Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in the #MengWanzhou extradition case and the tech giant’s efforts to participate in #Canada’s #5G wireless networks, a source says. The federal government is conducting a #cybersecurity review to determine whether Canada should bar the Chinese high-tech firm from participating in the next generation of wireless technology, as the #UnitedStates and #Australia have. Mr. Charest’s consulting duties for Huawei appear to put him at odds with the current policies of the Conservative Party, which has urged the #Trudeau government to ban Huawei from selling its 5G gear to #Canadian telecoms as other members of the #FivesEyes intelligence partnership have done. The #UnitedStates and #Australia have blocked Huawei from 5G networks, and #NewZealand rejected one proposal to build a 5G network with Huawei gear. #Britain and Canada have yet to decide. Mr. #Charest has publicly criticized the #Trump administration over its request for the extradition of Ms. #Meng on charges of fraud relating to violations of #US. #sanctions against #Iran. On a business and trade panel hosted by the #EmpireClub in Toronto on Nov. 5, Mr. Charest said it is important for Canada to seek closer ties with the fast-rising China. “Our policy toward China has been hijacked by #DonaldTrump,” Mr. Charest said. “We should not be #kowtowing to another government with regard to our relationship with China.” Mr. Charest added that Canada’s #global image suffered when it arrested Ms. Meng, especially after President Donald Trump announced in late 2018 that he was open to using the case as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with China.//