Industry committee  I have just one point. From the company's president himself, John Shroyer--and this maybe even goes beyond the ITAR issue--he says they want us to be able to move the technology, the piece of that RADARSAT-2 they're after, and we think they're after a specific component of the te

Industry committee  Just very briefly on the ITAR issue, this has been a problem that has confounded the Canadian government, I think going on for a decade now, in terms of trying to get around these regulations. Most of the international community views ITAR as a rather protectionist measure that t

Industry committee  Okay. Thank you. I have provided a brief. I would just say that I believe that this deal will have no less an impact on Canada's space industry and our capabilities than the cancellation of the Avro Arrow had on our aerospace industry in the 1950s. I believe that the loss of te

Industry committee  Good afternoon, and thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. I'm Steve Staples, the president and director of the Rideau Institute, an independent, non-profit research, advocacy, and consulting group based here in Ottawa. During my career I've had the opportun