Industry committee  Yes, actually, the NASA-led consultations have 13 countries participating in discussions around the global exploration strategy.

Industry committee  Yes. There are mostly European countries—

Industry committee  Thank you for that question. Yes, both the U.S. and the European Space Agency are embarking on ambitious new programs. In the U.S., President Bush announced a new vision in terms of missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond, and he has called upon all countries to participate in a

Industry committee  In terms of Europe, there is the Aurora program that is also embarking on that. We have committed some funding and some partnerships in that endeavour as well. What's very interesting is that because Canada is the third country in space, our expertise has been proven. These part

Industry committee  As you know, investment in space can be costly. For the moment, having regard to our funding, we have established our priorities within each of the four areas of intervention. As regards Earth observation — the government supports us in this — one of our priorities is to ensure t

Industry committee  That's fine; there's no problem with that.

Industry committee  As regards the first part of your question, concerning the presidency, the process to replace the former president is under way. The position has been advertised on government sites. Consequently, we hope the president will be appointed in the next few months. As regards funding

Industry committee  In view of those observations, the Auditor General, among other things, recommended that the agency establish a space strategy, and that's what we've done. On one of the most important recommendations, and following a broad consultation, we developed a strategy that enables us to

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the committee for inviting us here today to talk about the Canada Space Program. Forty years ago, Canada launched its first satellite and thus became the third country, after the former Soviet Union and the United States, to exploit space.