Most Canadians Want Huawei Ban and ‘China’s Growing Power’ Contained: Poll

Most Canadians Want Huawei Ban and ‘China’s Growing Power’ Contained: Poll
People walk past a billboard advertising Chinese tech company Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2020. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
Isaac Teo
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An increasing majority of Canadians think that the federal government should ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from joining the country’s 5G network, a new poll finds.

Conducted by Nanos Research for the Globe and Mail, the survey found that 76 percent of Canadians are against Huawei taking part in the country’s telecommunication 5G network—an increase from 53 percent who supported the ban in 2019.