Rick Perkins at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On January 30th, 2023. See this statement in context.

January 30th, 2023 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

I appreciate that, Minister, but do you not find it troubling that two of our most important security agencies for protecting Canadians in this country, the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency—both of which you are responsible for—have chosen to buy technology and hardware from a company that is ultimately owned by the Chinese government?

You've now said you're going to put out a directive, but does that mean that, in the future, you won't be dealing with Sinclair, Hytera or Norsat? Will you be dealing with them in the future?

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