Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
We're in the second hour of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Tuesday, April 15, 2008.
In our first hour we heard from an interesting panel in regard to the proposed sale of Radarsat-2. In our second hour we will be hearing, on the same topic, from Tom Last, who is the president of ImStrat Corporation. We also have James Fergusson, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba.
I'm not sure if both of you have appeared before our committee before. Certainly Mr. Fergusson has. We welcome you back. We look forward to your comments. You had the opportunity to sit in during the first hour and you've heard some of the questions that were asked and the comments made by the guests. We look forward to your statement.
Perhaps we'll begin with Mr. Fergusson. Welcome.