In a press conference Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the federal government is “absolutely” taking steps to match the Biden administration’s proposed ban on key automotive software and hardware components. (The Logic)

Talking point: Freeland did not specify when Canada might introduce its own ban. Cybersecurity was already among the issues the federal government raised in its latest consultations on Chinese automotives, and Freeland said Canadian officials “take very seriously the security threat from China.” The U.S. prohibition, announced Monday, explicitly targets “countries of concern” China and Russia. The measures will block imports of technologies that help vehicles navigate, drive autonomously or operate cameras and sensors attached to vehicles, which experts say present a national security concern given that they are susceptible to foreign sabotage and espionage.