Overview
- Hikvision’s Canadian arm filed a federal court application on July 7 seeking judicial review of Ottawa’s June 27 shutdown decision under the Investment Canada Act.
- The company secured a stay through an agreement with Canada’s attorney general that let it resume normal operations until the court rules on its motion.
- Industry Minister Melanie Joly said a multi-step security review concluded that Hikvision’s surveillance links to Xinjiang posed a national security threat.
- Hikvision noted it exited all Xinjiang contracts through subsidiaries blacklisted by the U.S. in 2023 but has faced ongoing sanctions over alleged human rights abuses.
- China’s foreign ministry lodged formal objections to Canada’s measures and criticized the restrictions as unjustified interference.