Champagne Declines to Provide Timeline for Threat List to Curb Research With Foreign Defence Entities

Published on November 21, 2023

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has declined to offer a specific timeline for the release of guidelines aimed at reining in research partnerships with foreign entities posing national security risks, such as the Chinese military and its affiliated companies like Huawei. During his testimony before the House of Commons science committee on Nov. 20, the minister faced persistent questioning from MPs, including Liberal MP Valerie Bradford, regarding the specific timeline for the implementation of the measure. A similar question came from Bloc Québécois MP Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, who pointed out that “in February, you announced that you would be coming out with guidelines and you have a plan. Normally in plans, there’s a kind of deadlines and dates. What you’re telling us now is there is no date in your plan.”...

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