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   Wednesday’s Globe and Mail report that potential Conservative leadership contender Jean Charest is giving legal advice to Huawei Technologies on the Meng Wanzhou extradition case and its campaign to participate in developing Canada’s 5G wireless network raises an obvious question.

   There’s nothing improper about Charest, a former Quebec Liberal premier and a former federal Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, working for Huawei as part of a legal team at McCarthy Tetrault.
    But it’s a big political problem if Charest hopes to become the next Conservative leader, given that the Conservatives oppose allowing Huawei to bid on developing 5G wireless technology, over cyber security concerns.