Canada Rethinks Global Telecom Networks Amid Rising US Tensions

Ever since Donald Trump returned to power and began to make threats against traditional US allies, officials in Canada’s capital have been figuring out what the country’s vulnerabilities are. Here’s another one: the internet.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is now conducting a review of the country’s international communications infrastructure, according to a person familiar with the matter, speaking on condition they not be identified discussing private deliberations. That’s because much of Canada’s data and voice traffic is routed through telecommunications networks in the US.