Industry committee  If the Canadian Space Agency or MDA are no longer part of the Canadian observation system, it seems clear to me that we are going to lose the ability to decide the time of the intervention. The satellite cannot observe everywhere at the same time. It goes around its orbit and its

Industry committee  In my view, several departments should be concerned by the sale of RADARSAT-2, including Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Public Safety Canada. All these areas are directly impacted by the satellite.

Industry committee  Good morning. I will be concentrating my remarks on RADARSAT, the Earth observation satellite developed by MDA and the Canadian Space Agency. With your permission, I would like to make my presentation in French. I will thus be more comfortable in defending this jewel of Canadian