Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank you very much, Mr. Bujold, for being here today. You mentioned in your last answer that there has been a lot of speculation over this issue, and it's really important to have you here to kind of delineate the difference between speculation and facts.
In response to my Liberal colleague and the issues he raised about ITAR, the government and the appropriate ministers are working very hard to address these very important issues between Canada and the United States.
But I want to talk to you today about the future of Canada's space agency and Canada's space program. Many people are saying it's rather bleak, yet there are a number of great programs out there. The minister recently announced the astronaut recruitment program, the conclusion of the James Webb space telescope, the joint venture with NASA and the EU, our ongoing commitment to the international space station until 2018, and of course the RADARSAT constellation program that was at the feasibility study stage.
I wonder if you can comment on what the impact of these programs will be on the future of Canada's space agency.