Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, for being here. Minister, you've sat on this side before as an opposition MP, so you know how important these committees are. I appreciate your saying that the committee is doing good work on copyright. However, your government has made some changes, through the USMCA as well as in the budget implementation act, which would change our study on copyright.

Industry committee  Yes, said with a bit of a smile.... I just hope that Liberal members will allow us to do our work in that area. Subsection 8(3) of the Statistics Act says: The Chief Statistician shall notify the Minister of any new mandatory request for information at least 30 days before the day on which it is published.

Industry committee  Thank you again. Keeping on the topic of steel and aluminum tariffs and whatnot, one comment I have is that some firms have been very upfront, wanting to be very productive. They have invested into their mills and into their operations, so they have already put in the hard work, and they are seeing the strain under the tariffs.

Industry committee  I recognize that, but the question was this. Are you making sure there are SIF funds available to actually change the structure of that market, if a market participant says that they want to do it out in B.C.? I will tell you that it's Turkish, Korean, Chinese rebar and all that.

Industry committee  Recently it was declared that the B.C. LNG project is going to be moving forward, but only with severe reductions in terms of future carbon tax increases, waiving of the PST, and also waiving of steel tariffs—and I believe some aluminum tariffs, but mainly steel tariffs—that will allow foreign steel to come in.

Industry committee  Sure. The point is that, rather than just working on existing mills and their productivity—although I'd still contend that many will not proceed because they've already put money into their operations to be productive—I'm talking about a structural change in how that market operates by encouraging development of that market on the western side of Canada.

Industry committee  Would you be able to supply that to this committee so that we know? Are there any plans in future supplementary estimates (B) or (C) to fund any of these initiatives to make sure Canadians can be assured that your department is looking after this?

Industry committee  Who does the review? Does Public Safety review, or does your department monitor—

Industry committee  Okay. Can you provide us with an update on the consultations on revisions to the 3,500 megahertz band?

Industry committee  Thank you. Deputy Minister, earlier in response to my NDP colleague here, you mentioned that you are currently working on a small and medium-sized response, specifically on steel and aluminum tariffs. Could you just explain what you meant by that?

Industry committee  Is there a reason why? Can you maybe elucidate some of the details as to why you're looking into that?

Industry committee  It's over 200 employees usually. Is that what the limit is?

Industry committee  Many small and medium-sized entrepreneurs I've spoken with are either eating the tariffs—and thus the price goes up and their customers are just not making as many orders because the price is higher—or.... Pardon me, it's the reverse there. They're either passing it along or they're eating the tariffs and thus their profitability and their ability to capitalize is an issue.

Industry committee  I've heard from many who are concerned that their Internet service in rural areas may be lost in order for cities to have more 5G. Will the ministry ensure that no rural customers will lose service due to any changes?

Industry committee  That leaves me with cold comfort there. In regard to the Canadian Space Agency, I see there is just over $27 million for funding for RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Is that with the current delays, or is that in anticipation of that? What I mean to say is, will there be further need for funding of that mission due to its current delays?