Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  Not of this type. I would say Canada has a reasonably strong presence in terms of space activities. Telesat is a real global leader. MDA is recognized as a global leader, and COM DEV as well.

Industry committee  The number is something like 35,796, but we'll provide the committee with the exact--

Industry committee  Where is Mr. Garneau when I need him?

Industry committee  I don't think so. I described a situation where we have 12 satellites, eight of which are licensed by Industry Canada and four of which are licensed by other administrations. That situation plays itself out with our competitors as well. They have satellites in orbital locations a

Industry committee  You're talking to the wrong guy.

Industry committee  It's way, way, way up.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  It's just gravity. It will stay up there in that orbit, but the satellite, as you can imagine.... Picture an ExpressVu or a Shaw Direct dish; it's this little dish on the ground. The satellite really does have to maintain a very specific spot in the sky. There are thrusters on

Industry committee  Listen, Telesat is a great Canadian success story. We're very proud of what we do out there. We have a very skilled staff, and we would be delighted to receive folks to come and look at what we're doing.

Industry committee  They could answer.

Industry committee  I said 36,000 kilometres.

Industry committee  No, they don't. That is the geostationary arc, so a satellite located at that distance from the earth is orbiting the earth relatively at the same speed as the earth is turning.

Industry committee  What's preventing that from happening....

Industry committee  We would be in violation of our licence conditions, bluntly, so we just can't do it. That wouldn't change if our ownership changed. We are required, under the terms of our Industry Canada licence, to cover all of Canada, and that's what we have to do. It's very easy to tell whe