Minister said RCMP investigating intimidation by China "with a view to laying charges"

The strategy allows Canada to keep on the right side of both China and the U.S., say sources

Cybersecurity experts say the fall of Canadian telecom giant Nortel was a direct result of systematic hacking by the Chinese with a direct link to Huawei.

On Tuesday, Britain became the last of Canada's Five Eyes intelligence-sharing allies to ban the Chinese telecommunications firm from its 5G wireless internet.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britain's 5G network by 2027, risking the ire of China.

U.S. has raised security, espionage concerns about Huawei's access to critical networks.

On Tuesday, Bell Canada announced a partnership with Ericsson. Telus later announced it had also selected Ericsson, and Nokia, as suppliers for its 5G networks.

The U.S. deems the Chinese tech giant a national-security threat.

A court ruled Tuesday that the ban isn’t punitive and that the federal government has the right to take its business elsewhere.

Huawei is "able to offer extremely beneficial financing options," one expert says. Here's why Huawei is still an option to build Canada's 5G network.