Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, I'd like to move the following motion:
That the committee undertake a study of no fewer than six meetings into the $200-million agreement between the Department of National Defence and Maritime Launch Services concerning Spaceport Nova Scotia near Canso, Nova Scotia, and, for the purpose of this study, invite the following witnesses to appear:
a) The Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence;
b) The Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons;
c) The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue;
d) The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency;
e) Stephen Matier, chief executive officer of Maritime Launch Services;
f) Sasha Jacob, chair of the board for Maritime Launch Services;
g) The Honourable Stephen McNeil, member of the advisory board for Maritime Launch Services and former Liberal premier of Nova Scotia;
h) Mike Greenley, chief executive officer of MDA Space;
i) Daniel Goldberg, chief executive officer of Telesat;
j) Liam Daly, former senior associate, federal government relations, at Sussex Strategy Group Inc.; and
k) Other witnesses as may be proposed by members of the committee.