Bains said the government has an “open-door” policy when working with carriers, who have been sharing their perspectives with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. “Ultimately, different carriers have different levels of investments with different technologies. Some with Huawei and some not with Huawei,” Bains said. (MobileSyrup)

Talking point: This is Bains’s first public statement acknowledging the stance of Canadian carriers related to Huawei; Bell and Telus have defended the use of Huawei technology in Canadian networks. Canada is facing increasing pressure since its arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is now facing extradition to the U.S. Canada has a month to respond to the extradition request, which was given on January 29. Chinese media compared Canada to a “frightened bird” for dismissing John McCallum, former China ambassador. This morning, another unrelated sting against Huawei was reported by Bloomberg, which saw the FBI getting involved after a smartphone-glass creator expressed concern that the company was trying to steal trade secrets.