Why Canada Ordered Chinese Surveillance Company Hikvision to Shut Down Operations

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July 1, 2025

Why Canada Ordered Chinese Surveillance Company Hikvision to Shut Down Operations

People visit a Hikvision booth at an exhibition in Shanghai, China, on May 24, 2019. Aly Song/Reuters

Explainer

Hikvision, the Chinese company that was ordered by Ottawa to shut down Canadian operations last week, has been mired in a number of security issues for years.

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