The half-million dollar contract for a radio frequency filtering system to prevent eavesdropping had gone to Canada's Sinclair Technologies, which is controlled by China's Hytera Communications.Concerns were raised about potential Chinese access to Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) communications since the Shenzhen-based company -- which has been blacklisted by the United States -- is partly owned by the Chinese government.When asked about it this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the deal was "disconcerting," given his security agencies' warnings about Chinese espionage and interference in Canadian affairs."I mean, it's almost something that you'd expect to be out of a spy novel, but characters in spy novels would never be that incompetent," he commented.The US Federal Communications Commission banned Hytera in 2021, saying it was among several Chinese firms that pose a national security risk."