I hope, at least, without going into confidential material, that you can reassure Canadians by finding out why a company that has received a lot of public funds is able to sell its business at a large profit without the Canadian Space Agency getting what is coming to it, to my mind. I am not asking you for an opinion; I am expressing my concerns. I am sure you are going to review this closely before authorizing it.
Another difficulty involves the remote sensing satellite, which provides important information about underground water, ore deposits, minerals, gas, oil, cartography, agriculture and forestry. All of these matters are under provincial jurisdiction, under the Constitution.
Minister, given the importance of the information that RADARSAT obtains regarding natural resources, are you going to take the opinion of the government of Quebec into account? Have you requested such an opinion yet?