Security News > 2020 > November > Canada PM Refuses to Commit to Huawei 5G Decision Timetable
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - under pressure from the opposition to ban Huawei from the country's 5G networks - refused to say Tuesday when he might make his decision, or if it would come before year's end.
"We will continue to trust our security agencies and experts when it comes to making this important decision on how to protect Canadians and our businesses in an increasingly interconnected world," he said.
The United States, Australia, Britain, Japan and Sweden have blocked or placed restrictions on the use of Huawei technology in their 5G networks.
O'Toole accused Huawei of benefiting from "Years of industrial espionage conducted by China" against former Canadian group Nortel.
Major Canadian mobile providers Bell, Rogers and Telus have said they will look to other groups - like Finland's Nokia or Sweden's Ericsson - for the deployment of their 5G networks.