Canada should not let US dictate its politics

Vancouver said earlier that it would not "let politics slip into decisions" when Canada refused to join the other four "Five Eyes" - Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States - in banning China's Huawei Technologies from participating in the 5G mobile networks in their countries.

Unfortunately, that is what it is now doing.

The country has surrendered to the United States' ugly politics by detaining Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, on Dec 1 when she was transferring at Vancouver airport. An action done at the request of the US judicial authorities, which claim Huawei violated the sanctions the US has imposed on Iran.