Editorial: The world is watching, China

At this stage, what sane western government would greenlight collaboration with China’s Huawei? Perhaps not Canada: This week, the federal government directed a $40-million grant to Huawei’s rival, Finnish telecom firm Nokia, for research on 5G wireless technology. Meanwhile, Canada continues a security review of Huawei’s place in the country’s fifth-generation mobile network.
Of course, $40 million is chump change to governments, and we’ve given grants to others in