Federal research-funding agency screening out ‘strong political opinions’ on Huawei amid joint venture proposal GlobeTechnology
The future of Huawei in Canada is uncertain right now as the Trudeau government conducts a national-security review of the Chinese telecommunications firm.A Canadian government research-funding agency has been trying to screen out people with"strong political opinions” on Huawei as it enlists private-sector participants to help evaluate a proposed joint venture that includes the Chinese firm and the University of Laval.
NSERC’s Ms. Remmler, in her recruitment e-mail, suggested that private-sector players who might be averse to Huawei were not welcome on an advisory committee for the research chair. She was reaching out to selected stakeholders to consider being part of a “site visit committee” that would attend a proposed May 24 meeting in Quebec City where Huawei, Laval and Dr. Rusch would give presentations about the proposed “NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair in Fiber Optic Communications Systems.
Finally, Ms. Remmler asked whether the potential advisers had “strong political opinions about Huawei." Asked why NSERC was telling private-sector players with anti-Huawei views to exclude themselves, spokeswoman Valérie Levert-Gagnon said the agency could not disclose any information regarding “unfunded applications,” but only completed applications.
Conservative MP Peter Kent said it’s very concerning that NSERC is “apparently trying to shape and filter the broad range of advice and concerns that should be welcomed in such a sensitive project."
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