Category Archives: Telecom
Rogers urges CRTC to proceed with Shaw deal hearings amid calls for delay
OTTAWA — Rogers Communications Inc. is urging the federal telecommunications regulator to go ahead as scheduled with its hearings into the company's deal to buy Shaw Communications Inc. BCE Inc. Telus Corp., the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the...
Advocacy groups ask CRTC to delay hearings into Rogers’ deal to buy Shaw
OTTAWA — A pair of public interest advocacy groups have asked the federal telecommunications regulator to delay a public hearing into Rogers Communications Inc.'s deal to buy Shaw Communications Inc. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Nationa...
A timeline of events in the case of Meng Wanzhou
Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei Technologies CFO, has pleaded not guilty in a deferred prosecution plea agreement reached with the U.S. Justice Department. The deal is expected to allow Meng to return to China. Here is a timeline of the Meng
Chinese-controlled company fights Ottawa’s order to divest assets on security grounds
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has directed a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns, prompting a court challenge of the order. China Mobile International Canada is aski...
High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, saying only she'll set a date for her ruling later. The end of the extradition hearing is the culmination of
Defence lawyers wrap in Vancouver extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou wrapped up her defence team's arguments in the B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday by reminding the extradition judge of her task in the case. Eric Gottardi told Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes that...
Government arguing unprecedented application of fraud law in Meng case: lawyer
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou accused Canada's attorney general of turning fraud law "on its head," as the Huawei executive's formal extradition hearing resumed Monday. Defence lawyer Mark Sandler told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that governmen...
U.S. case against Meng Wanzhou is filled with gaps, her lawyers say
VANCOUVER — The United States has presented a "fatally flawed" case against Meng Wanzhou that is riddled with evidentiary gaps and doesn't meet the threshold for extradition, one of the Huawei executive's lawyers said Friday. Eric Gottardi began the d...
Meng’s presentation to HSBC part of ‘co-ordinated’ plan: AG lawyers
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says international bank HSBC risked economic prejudice, penalties and losses due to alleged misrepresentations by one of Huawei's most senior executives. Robert Frater told a B.C. Supreme Court judge ...
Meng’s extradition case enters final leg with AG lawyer labelling her ‘dishonest’
VANCOUVER — The United States has laid out a case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that shows her actions meet the classic definition of "commercial dishonesty," said a lawyer for Canada's attorney general, as her case entered its final stage