Research safeguards a good first step, but more needed to avoid foreign influence traps, says Montreal professor

NDP MP Richard Cannings says the absence of private companies operating in Canada, like Huawei, still leaves room to circumvent federal funding restrictions.

Beginning this spring, Canadian universities will be prohibited from receiving federal funding for sensitive technology research if they collaborate with any of the more than 100 military, national defence, or state security organizations associated with adversarial foreign governments.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

January 24, 2024

The federal government has taken a long-awaited "first step" to protect Canadian research and technology with a new set of measures to clamp down on Canadian universities and research institutions partnering with organizations affiliated with adversarial foreign governments ...

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