Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning, Mr. Bujold.
Mr. Bujold, you told us that the Canadian Space Agency has awarded a number of contracts to MDA. Indeed, MDA owns RADARSAT-2. The sale of MDA to a US company is obviously what concerns us the most. As we are not privy to the details of the contract between MDA and the Canadian Space Agency, we have no means of knowing whether the Government of Canada would retain the right to interrupt service were RADARSAT-2 sold to a foreign company. I would like to know whether the Canadian government will retain control over the images for reasons of national security and whether it will retain priority access in the event of an emergency, in the event of flooding, for example.
Are you able to confirm that the Government of Canada will be retaining these two rights, rights which we believe to be absolutely essential in terms of our security?