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The president of Huawei operations in Canada says his firm would never spy on Canada. Even if ordered by the Chinese government — which requires all companies by law to “support, co-operate with and collaborate in national-intelligence work” — it would refuse.

“We cannot and would not ever allow access to the networks we support. It is not something we can do technically or legally. More importantly, it is not something we would ever consider doing ethically,” said Eric Li.

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“With respect to Chinese lawful access legislation, we work for our Canadian customers and partners only. Simply put, we comply only with Canadian laws.”

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Being Canadians, the world’s self-proclaimed cheery-faced do-gooders, we’re supposed to believe this. It would take an extraordinarily credulous prime minister, however, to accept that a senior executive in one of China’s top companies would disregard the orders of its one-party, supremely powerful government in defiance of Chinese law.