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Japanese carmaker Honda plans to strengthen its electric vehicle supply system and capability, with an eye to a future increase in North American EV demand, the company says.

The Canadian government has reached a deal with Google to prevent the search company from blocking online news when the Online News Act comes into force by the end of the year.

A group of attackers, calling itself Indian Cyber Force and claiming to be supporters of India, has broken into a website owned by a Canadian dental practice, and left evidence of its break-in with pro-India messages.

Facebook's parent Meta has started blocking access to news feeds in Canada, something it threatened to do after the country passed an online news law that forces digital platforms to cut deals with publishing firms.

With two Canadians who were held in China now back home, newly re-elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will announce a formal decision on the use of Huawei Technology's 5G equipment in coming weeks.

Canada has dropped a hint that it may be next in line to create a media code for digital platforms, with the Liberal Government making mention of this in the annual throne speech delivered by the governor-general.

Canadian telecommunications operator Telus has announced that it will start rolling out its 5G network soon and the initial module will be with equipment from Chinese provider Huawei Technologies.

The Canadian Government has given the go-ahead for the extradition case relating to Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, to proceed.

Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, has been sacked by his country's government for making statements about the arrest by Ottawa of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou that were favourable to the Chinese side.

Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, has backtracked on comments he made, about detained Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou having a good case against extradition to the US, claiming he "misspoke".

Canada has ignored an attempt by two US politicians to push it to omit Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei Technologies from the country's 5G networks, deciding instead to continue using the company's products, albeit under existing conditions.

It’s one PM challenging another PM for tech smarts, with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull doing a Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in explaining quantum computing to top academics and journalists.