Robert Blair, special representative for international telecommunications policy, was to meet Public Safety Minister Bill Blair as well as senior officials from the defence, foreign affairs and innovation departments Monday. He reportedly planned to detail the U.S. government’s national security grounds for a ban on Huawei equipment in 5G networks, and warn that Washington could stop sharing some sensitive intelligence with Ottawa if one isn’t implemented. (The Globe and Mail)

Talking point: In May 2019, then-public safety minister Ralph Goodale said the government would make a Huawei decision before that fall’s election. The subsequent delay has left Canada as the last of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing nations to make its call. Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump responded angrily to the U.K.’s verdict, which allows Huawei equipment in peripheral network areas. On Thursday, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Canada “won’t get bullied by any other jurisdictions” over the decision, though he declined to specify whether he was referring to the U.S. Monday’s visit—which was originally supposed to include U.S. deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger and economic adviser Larry Kudlow, The Globe reported—suggests the Trump administration isn’t backing down.