213: Canada's Foreign Ministry risks PRC surveillance with a low-bidder contract. Charles Burton: @cburton001 ; @GordonGChang

Published: July 21, 2020, 2:26 a.m.

Image:  Dissatisfaction of citizenry with the Canadian legislature:  the Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_the_Parliament_Buildings_in_Montreal) – 1849, Joseph Légaré (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L%C3%A9gar%C3%A9) , c.1849 Charles Burton, Brock University and senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute,  @GordonGChang, in re:  Canada reviewing purchasing security esp in regard to Nutech scanners*  for 170 Canadian missions abroad, which would give China an intell bonanza; Chinese govt offered them at a ridiculously low price  (recall Zambian flap some years ago anent cash payments). You'd think the Canadians might  have googled Nutech before promising the check.  If there’s enough outrage, Ottawa might reverse the commitment. The real question is, where is the Canadian govt getting its info about China? Consider Xinjiang, HK, products of forced labor, hair shorn from Uyghur women prisoners in concentration camps.  . . .   Possible co-optation of Canadian elites in relation to Huawei  https://nationalpost.com/news/chinese-government-owned-firm-wins-6-8m-contract-to-supply-security-equipment-to-canada-embassies  * The contract for conveyor-style X-ray machines was awarded to Beijing-based Nuctech Company, a company owned by the Chinese government and founded by the son of a former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Hu Jintao https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-reviewing-deal-with-chinese-state-owned-firm-to-provide-security-equipment-to-canadian-embassies