Canadian Government Will Use National Security Criteria When Picking Communications Infrastructure Suppliers

The Canadian government has said that it will be invoking a "national security exemption" as it hires firms to build a secure network, as the U.S. government might do. The move follows a U.S. Congress committee report concluding that Huawei and ZTE pose security risks . 

The exemption allows the Canadian government to bar firms from competing for government infrastructure contracts if those companies, or in some cases their home countries, are considered security risks.