The sale of RADARSAT-2 is one that has been bubbling below the surface and is finally starting to get some media attention. There is a real and valid concern that the sale of B.C.-based MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) to Alliant Techsystems of Minnesota will result in the loss of domestic capacity to monitor ice and traffic in the North – capacity that Canadian taxpayers paid to develop and deploy.
For those who are also concerned about this issue – or who simply want to learn more – the Liu Institute and the Rideau Institute will be holding a joint event this Wednesday, April 7th 16th at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver.
RADARSAT-2: ARE WE SELLING OUR EYES?
A Public Forum on the Proposed Sale of MacDonald Dettwiler’s space division
Wednesday, April 16, 7:00 PM
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vanier Park, Vancouver
Speakers include:
Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, UBC
Paul Cottle, former employee, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates
Wade Huntley, Director, Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, UBC
Steve Staples, President, Rideau Institute on International AffairsSponsored by the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC & Rideau Institute on International Affairs
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Just a note: You write “this Wednesday, April 7th”. The notice does say the 16th, so no harm.
Thank you Brenton. Nice catch. Sorry everyone.
Just a note: You write “this Wednesday, April 7th”. The notice does say the 16th, so no harm.
Thank you Brenton. Nice catch. Sorry everyone.
U.S. Paul Cellucci in 2003, speaking of the inestimable usefulness of Radarsat 1 in the illegal invasion of Iraq which Canada officially opposed:- “Ironically, the Canadians indirectly provided more support for us in Iraq than the rest of those 46 countries that are fully supporting us….” (phew-w-w…..as a Canadian, sure makes one proud, eh?)
U.S. Paul Cellucci in 2003, speaking of the inestimable usefulness of Radarsat 1 in the illegal invasion of Iraq which Canada officially opposed:- “Ironically, the Canadians indirectly provided more support for us in Iraq than the rest of those 46 countries that are fully supporting us….” (phew-w-w…..as a Canadian, sure makes one proud, eh?)
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