Mr. Chair, I would say that it is an area of interest. To me, it's not a high priority, looking at the existential threats that are before us and also how recently the Canadian Armed Forces have become involved in space so far with the space command. My understanding is that they have only one defence satellite up as of today.
I would think that we could do this in fewer than four meetings. Most of the witnesses named in the motion are Department of National Defence agencies. We could probably do them in one panel. I would also suggest that the Canadian Space Agency would be a panel. That's one hour. Space Canada and the private sector would appear for an hour, and then your academics and other interested parties could appear in the final panel.
I would suggest the following amendment.
First is the correction in the spelling of “defense” to put it into Canadian English. Then I would suggest that the committee hold a minimum of two meetings.