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Steeve Lavoie Liberal
“Canada needs to be able to launch its own rockets. A fifth of our economy depends on satellites, but we are the only G7 country that cannot launch them on our own. We must act now to protect our independence.”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. Yes, in the past, we were not quick enough to invest in certain sectors. Our decisions did not come fast enough. Now is the right time to make this kind of decision. The whole world is watching us, and Canada is the only G7 country that is not autonomous. Twenty per cent of Canada’s economy relies on satellites, yet we have no autonomous launch capabilities. We have been talking a lot about sovereignty over the past year. People see what is going on with the global uncertainty. This is highly relevant to the government’s actions. There are short-, medium- and long-term actions.”
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. Yes, in the past, we were not quick enough to invest in certain sectors. Our decisions did not come fast enough. Now is the right time to make this kind of decision. The whole world is watching us, and Canada is the only G7 country that is not autonomous. Twenty per cent of Canada’s economy relies on satellites, yet we have no autonomous launch capabilities. We have been talking a lot about sovereignty over the past year. People see what is going on with the global uncertainty. This is highly relevant to the government’s actions. There are short-, medium- and long-term actions.