Industry committee  I did see the article. I know Mr. Bain. We've had good co-operation with his company, NorthStar, over the last little while. It's a big concern. Telesat's been a satellite operator for more than 50 years. We're one of the oldest, most experienced satellite operators out there. U

Industry committee  Madam Chair, am I allowed a quick response?

Industry committee  We need the right outcome on that spectrum file. That's absolutely essential. Beyond that, the Government of Canada has a long history in space as one of the early space-faring nations. It needs to work well with the other space-faring nations to develop responsible rules of th

Industry committee  At least in the commercial space sector, there hasn't been a precipitous decline in R and D. We've been investing massively. I'll also be honest with you. It's not because we like investing in R and D, because we have a bunch of engineers who like doing R and D, and we do. It's b

Industry committee  The implicit recognition in the question is that we're operating in a global industry. We don't have the ability to have one set of rules that only applies in Canada and then the rest of the game is played very differently outside of Canada. I would say two things. On the spect

Industry committee  Okay, I'll stop.

Industry committee  Thank you for the questions.

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for the invitation to participate today. Telesat is one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, operating for over 50 years from our headquarters here in Ottawa. As a proud Canadian company, we play a central role in

Industry committee  We agree. Thank you.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I think the way that ISED licenses the geographic tiers is absolutely important. There's a mid-band auction that ISED plans to hold mid-next year. They are using tier four licences, which allows smaller regional operators to build capacity blocks wi

Industry committee  We've designed these very advanced satellites. We expect they'll be lasting at least 10 years. The longer they're there, the more opportunity we have to achieve a return on the satellites. It's important that the business cases underpinning these LEO constellations are sound. M

Industry committee  I'd say that we're about to become very, very pregnant on our LEO constellation. We're going to announce the contracts to build it and launch it. It's going to cover the full 300 satellites. Yes, we're in with both feet here. Listen. In our own business plan, we expect that pric

Industry committee  Thank you for that. It's a hugely important question. The reality is that on the one hand, we operate these satellite constellations; they provide service to consumers and you think that's kind of the end of the picture. On the other hand, space is strategic and governments are

Industry committee  Certainly, LEO is the new frontier in at least global broadband connectivity. All of us who have been providing satellite services for years have realized that we just can't do it effectively enough way up in geostationary orbit. We need to get our satellites closer to the ground

Industry committee  Yes. There is fibre to many of these remote communities. As I said earlier, fibre is a great technology when the economics make sense. The problem with fibre, though, particularly for these remote communities, as I mentioned, is that it tends to be single thread. When that fibr