Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Issue 21 - Ninth Report of the Committee
Thursday, November 24, 2005
The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has the honour to present its
NINTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill C-25, An Act Governing the Operation of Remote Sensing Space Systems, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, November 1, 2005, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Attached as an appendix to this Report are the observations of your Committee on Bill C-25.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER A. STOLLERY
Chair
APPENDIX
Bill C-25, An Act Governing the
Operation of Remote Sensing Space Systems
Observations of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs
The Committee was advised by officials that it was not the purpose of clause 22 of the Act to second the use of a private sector satellite such as RADARSAT-2 without appropriate compensation.