Industry committee  I actually think that Canada is still very well positioned. We're still doing a tremendous amount of work out there, both through our industry and through academia, and we have maintained our international profile as one of the go-to countries for space. The future looks fantasti

Industry committee  It is hard to categorize such a statement without the context.

Industry committee  The CSA, like many other departments, has had to go through quite a number of economic updates and reviews of its budget. Our A-base went from $300 million down to $260 million, so there has been less money with respect to spending on space. That is something we have seen in othe

Industry committee  With respect to the standings of three to whatever, we would have to look at exactly what they are claiming, in terms of third on what scale. Generally speaking, if we are talking about similar types of scales, going from top five to 10 or 12—depending on the ranking there—would

Industry committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Fergus. It is an excellent question and it reminds us of the extent to which some aspects of space exploration can be a source of inspiration. If I understand the intent of your question correctly, you are talking about human exploration and n

Industry committee  These are Canadian facts, so it is about how companies in Canada that work in the space sector spend their money. They are more R and D-intensive than the average manufacturing sector. That is a Canadian perspective, for sure. We've done that analysis. It's not a claim. We have

Industry committee  In the particular context of my presentation, I'm referring to what's called new space. In new space, we have commercial ventures, and not government ventures, that are out there and looking at commercializing space. It brings about a totally different paradigm when businesses ar

Industry committee  With respect to encouraging the commercialization, we have a number of programs that look at making some of the businesses more competitive, such as grants and contribution programs, and something called STDP, where a business can approach us and look for funding, so it can devel

Industry committee  We don't generate revenue from that—

Industry committee  If the technology is born out of grants and contributions work, then the industry, or the recipient, looks at commercializing the goods themselves. If the goods have been developed through some kind of a mission-specific contract we have given them, in terms of developing their e

Industry committee  We were referring to what takes place here in Canada.

Industry committee  I'm not sure I caught your question, then.

Industry committee  With respect to U.S. legislation and whether or not we have similar legislation here in Canada, the answer is no. With respect to a future desire to take on similar activities, it's currently not in our plans. As with most of my international colleagues, we use a UN committee tha

Industry committee  To put any kind of asset in space you are required to go through a certification program. In Canada that is managed through our Global Affairs folks, in that department, to seek permission to actually put something into space. With respect to the amount or volume of satellites g

Industry committee  With respect to those types of applications, we get access to, or provide space-based information for those purposes, and that is picked up by downstream businesses that actually build the applications using the space-based data. We don't get involved directly in terms of providi