Ottawa clamps down on university research partnerships with China, Iran and Russia

The federal government has unveiled strict new national-security rules to protect cutting-edge science and advanced technology from ending up in the hands of China, Russia and Iran.

The long-promised package of reforms would ban federal granting agencies and the Canada Foundation for Innovation [CFI] from funding sensitive technology research at any university, laboratory and research institution if they are co-operating with military, national defence or state security bodies of countries that could pose a risk to Canada’s national security.…

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