Thank you very much, and through you, Mr. Chair, to our witness, thank you for appearing today.
I'd like to deal with something that you said you felt you were an expert on, and that's the aerospace world.
Dr. Fergusson, in June of 2007, in a report titled Canada, National Security and Outer Space, which you prepared for the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, you wrote, and I quote:
Space has been a national security issue for Canada for fifty years, but this matter's complexity and critical importance has never been greater than they are now.
I have two questions, maybe three, but two principal ones. What advancements have been made in the past five years in terms of the Department of National Defence and outer space? As a follow-up to that question regarding national security in outer space, what current threats does Canada face from outer space, and are there any weapons currently deployed on orbit that could attack Canada without us having advanced knowledge or threat?