{"id":36444,"date":"2023-07-17T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/07\/17\/why-canada-needs-to-reset-its-economic-relationship-with-china\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:59:43","slug":"why-canada-needs-to-reset-its-economic-relationship-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/07\/17\/why-canada-needs-to-reset-its-economic-relationship-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Canada needs to reset its economic relationship with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> 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Please try again <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9565785859120249992112474196803584\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment9565785859120249992112474196803584\">Advertisement 3<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>However laudable the AIIB withdrawal is, it\u2019s the tip of the iceberg for a much-needed reset on Sino-Canadian relations.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">The best next step we can take is to get serious on protecting our institutes of higher learning from espionage, intellectual property (IP) theft and \u201cpartnerships\u201d that render Canada an economic vassal state. Fifty Canadian universities have conducted extensive research with China\u2019s military since 2005. That\u2019s the same military that threatens regional instability across the Indo-Pacific and is credibly accused of supporting Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. Additionally, Huawei \u2014 the telecommunications arm of the Chinese Communist Party \u2014 has been permitted access to 20 of Canada\u2019s research institutions with disastrous results.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment8057478423969407523234024645459968\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment8057478423969407523234024645459968\">Advertisement 4<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars go into funding advanced research at Canadian universities every year. Thanks to these \u201cpartnerships\u201d with Huawei, Canadian families have subsidized hundreds of patents for the telecom giant, which the Government of Canada has finally banned from helping to build our telecommunications networks on the grounds that it is a national security concern.<\/p>\n<p>When Huawei gets these patents, they come with the economic rights that they use for Chinese economic benefit. China has gotten good at this: this is a systematic exfiltration of Canadian publicly funded assets to an organization that now isn\u2019t even allowed in Canada\u2019s and other allies\u2019 networks, and it\u2019s still happening today.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5756234264082437423490376130363392\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment5756234264082437423490376130363392\">Advertisement 5<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-5\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s the bad news. The good news is that Canada can get a handle on the situation by implementing a three-part playbook that draws from our American and Australian friends\u2019 experiences.<\/p>\n<p>First, we need transparency. We need to know exactly who is working with Canadian research institutions and how much they have been benefiting. Stunningly, we don\u2019t currently have this information.<\/p>\n<p>We also need to know what this technology has been used for. Particularly for dual-use technologies that may have commercial uses as well as nefarious purposes.<\/p>\n<p>And we need universities receiving public funding to track and report the flow of research and development efforts with annual and concrete disclosure, including how much and who they are working with.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_6\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9579004089808182740868556994379776\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment9579004089808182740868556994379776\">Advertisement 6<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-6\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"6\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-6\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Second, Canada needs to communicate to universities that our domestic security institutions are in fact the good guys \u2014 not the bad guys \u2014 and that working with them is a good thing both for institutional reputation and the national interest. This principle of building the university-security institution relationship could include a version of Australia\u2019s new law that enables its governments to cancel international contracts made by universities if they fly in the face of the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>Third, Canada needs so, so much more education \u2014 throughout the academy, the civil service, and the economy in general \u2014 about the nature of the intangibles economy and how to win at it by generating and commercializing intellectual property.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_7\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4167723483960168425875786879205376\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment4167723483960168425875786879205376\">Advertisement 7<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-7\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"7\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-7\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>This is especially pivotal because in the 21st century, economic and security risks are not separate issues \u2014 a principle referred to as civil-military fusion. IP and data assets for artificial intelligence, quantum computing, photonics, biotech and aerospace are dual-use technologies that have both economic and national security value. 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=54-zlVirfs-l2gDn4vnruA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=54-zlVirfs-l2gDn4vnruA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=54-zlVirfs-l2gDn4vnruA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Canadian exports to China just reached a record monthly high of $3.3 billion.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=54-zlVirfs-l2gDn4vnruA&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=54-zlVirfs-l2gDn4vnruA,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=1D_RQayjjkaN8ADwiNHpkw 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/china-trade-vw1207.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=5OpNrZX4C7mbWYi9h3mztg 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Canada&#8217;s tilt away from China resonates in poll on trade ties <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Women walk by a Nike store in Beijing, China. The CORE will investigate Nike Canada Corp. and Dynasty Gold Corp., a junior gold miner, for allegedly benefiting from the use of Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains and operations in China.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XIGlLJRAcTOGIE2q6BFnrA,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nike-vw0711.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=nUAg7EY5o-VItRJ5JlTFBg 2x,\n                                    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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=zqcodPGkmuWnziESh8Z7ow&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=zqcodPGkmuWnziESh8Z7ow&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Jack Ma\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=zqcodPGkmuWnziESh8Z7ow&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=zqcodPGkmuWnziESh8Z7ow,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=fcqDIfFslK-q24PcNHwadw 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/key-speakers-at-viva-technology-conference.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=0EsYsdQqIyJAHw-_Z3PfeA 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Jack Ma\u2019s wealth drops $4.1 billion following China tech crackdown <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/> <\/section>\n<p>These changes will help Canada become a predator rather than the prey on 21st century economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands right now, China sees our universities as strategic IP generators for their military and firms. It has to stop. The federal government needs to take control of the situation and ensure that publicly funded intellectual property and data assets benefit Canadians, not hostile foreign militaries.<\/p>\n<p><i>Matthew Bondy, MA, is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Jim Hinton is an intellectual property lawyer with Own Innovation and an Assistant Professor at Western University.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt=\"beforeunload\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Share this article in your social network<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<div aria-label=\"Article Comments\" class=\"article-content__widget-group article-comment\">\n<section class=\"comments__section\" data-aqa=\"viafoura-comments\" id=\"comments\">\n<h3 class=\"widget-title comments-anchor\" id=\"comments-area\">Comments<\/h3>\n<p class=\"comments__section-disclaimer\"> Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. 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