Who are the "Five Eyes?"
The Five Eyes are the USA and four other nations, who, not to put too fine a point on it, are Uncle Sam's bestest besties.
Yup, we're in Uncle Sam's extra-special bumboy club!
Sure enough, Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien showed up at the Halifax International Security Forum to give Canada a stern warning that we could get kicked out of the extra-special bumboy club if we incorporate Huawei technology in our 5G infrastructure.
As you will recall, the incarceration of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was one of the triumphs of Chrystia Freeland's tenure as FM. Thousands of Canadian canola growers remain grateful for her efforts.
As far as this Canadian is concerned, the sooner we get kicked out of the Five Eyes club, the better. It's long past time to walk away from our role as Washington's "special" friend. Let's just be a normal independent sovereign nation instead.
Here's what bothers me a lot more about our 5G roll-out than whether or not Huawei is part of it. Where is the discussion about the health implications of 5G technology? Apparently, 5G is way more efficacious in growing brain tumours in lab rats than 4G.
What I've noticed over the past few months is that it's become much easier to find stories about how that's a "conspiracy theory," and much harder to find rational debate about what the actual health implications might be.
I'm guessing that's because the tech giants who are pushing 5G are the same tech giants who have taken it upon themselves to stamp out "fake news," and certainly anything that could impede their profitability going forward would be stamped out.
Where is the debate around 5G?
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