Trudeau government’s Chinese contract not short on stupidity – By John Ivison (National Post) / July 20 2020
It is a good maxim when watching the government not to attribute to malice those decisions that can be explained by stupidity.
It’s likely that nobody in the government of Canada really wanted to award a state-owned Chinese company the contract to supply sensitive security equipment to 170 embassies and consulates around the world, especially when a competent Canadian company had also submitted a bid.
But the rules are the rules – and the rules say the contract should go to the lowest bidder, so that’s what happened.
On Thursday, Beijing-based Nuctech was made what the Canadian government called “a standing offer” to supply X-ray equipment for 170 embassies and consulates around the world.
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