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OTTAWA/QUEBECEDITION ■ WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER13,2019 ■ GLOBEANDMAIL.COM

Canada’s intelligence agencies are at odds
over whether Ottawa should block Chi-
nese telecom giant Huawei Technologies
Co. Ltd. from supplying equipment for this
country’s next-generation 5G wireless net-
works, according to a Canadian official
with knowledge of the matter.
National-security agencies have con-
ducted a cybersecurity review to weigh
whether or not Huawei’s 5G technology
could pose a security risk to Canada. This
review also examines the economic costs
to consumers and Canada’s major telecom
carriers of restricting 5G equipment
suppliers.
The official, whom The Globe and Mail
is not identifying because they are not au-
thorized to discuss the subject publicly,
said the Canadian Security Intelligence
Service and the Communications Security
Establishment disagree on what to do
about Huawei.
The spy service wants to bar the compa-
ny from 5G networks, while CSE, the coun-
try’s electronic-surveillance agency, says
robust testing and monitoring of Huawei’s
5G equipment could mitigate potential se-
curity risks, the official said.
Earlier this year, theTrudeaugovern-
ment postponed a decision until after the
October general election on whether to
join the United States, Australia and other
allies in blacklisting Huawei.
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Canada’s equestrian jumping team is likely to lose

its invitation to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after

rider Nicole Walker tested positive for a banned sub-

stance, cocaine, at last summer’s Pan American

Games, a result she blames on coca tea.

Ms. Walker, 26, was a top performer at the Pan

American Games in Lima in August and her scores

helped the four-member show-jumping team qual-

ify for the Tokyo Games.

On Tuesday, regulators at the Fédération

Équestre Internationale in Switzerland announced

Ms. Walker is provisionally suspended from the

sport after turning in a positive result for benzoylec-

gonine, a chemical produced when the body metab-

olizes cocaine, from a test administered in Lima on

Aug. 7, after the finals of the jumping competition.

Canada placed fourth in the event.

Panam Sports Organization, which governs the

Games, is conducting a separate investigation into

Ms. Walker’s positive drug test.

Mark Laskin, the leader of Canada’s equestrian

jumping team at the Pan Ams, said Ms. Walker be-

lieves her failed test stemmed from drinking coca

tea, a legal and common pick-me-up in South

America.

Ms. Walker, the daughter of businesswoman

Belinda Stronach, has appealed the finding. If

Panam Sports upholds her positive test, her scores

from the Lima Games will be dropped from the

team’s total, and the Canadian equestrian team will

no longer qualify for the Olympics, according to

people close to the team.

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Doug Ford had several private dinners
with business executives who paid
$20,000 each at a charity auction for face
time with the Ontario Premier.
Two of the companies that secured ac-
cess to Mr. Ford – technology firm OnX
Enterprise Solutions and retirement-
home provider All Seniors Care Living
Centres – were also lobbying to do busi-
ness with the province. In addition, after
dining with Mr. Ford, real estate developer
Sam Mizrahi asked for a meeting to dis-
cuss Ontario Place, the mothballed theme
park the government is planning to over-
haul.
The “intimate private dinner” packages
provided deep-pocketed individuals and
companies an exclusive audience with the
Premier. The dinners are not subject to
political fundraising rules since the funds
went to charity, but raise ethical concerns
because they are akin to trading cash for
access, observers say.
The Globe and Mail requestedgovern-
ment records relating to dinner packages
with Mr. Ford that were auctioned off at
the Toronto Police Chief’s fundraiser last
year under the province’s Freedom of In-
formation law.
A spokeswoman for the Premier said
Mr. Ford is proud to support Victim Ser-
vices Toronto, which helps crime victims
and received money raised at the gala, but
did not answer questions about whether
he was lobbied at the private dinners.
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