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Happy Earth Day. On this day to celebrate our incredible planet we have messages and videos from the Prime Minister, the European Space Agency and NASA.
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David Saint-Jacques Takes Student Questions with the Prime Minister Onlooking
Prime Minister Trudeau participated in a live event with students from Rideau Hall in Ottawa this morning with Governor General Julie Payette acting as the moderator as the students posed questions to David Saint-Jacques on the International Space Station.
Read More »The Prime Minister Visits Facility Housing Canada’s Billion Dollar Satellite Constellation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the third Canadian leader since the flagship billion dollar RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) was approved in 2004. This past week on a visit to Montreal, he stopped by MDA’s facility to see the satellites and take a tour of where some of Canada’s innovation in space products takes place.
Read More »Bill Nye Takes Not so Subtle Poke at Government Support of the Space Program
It was meant to be an armchair discussion with Bill Nye “The Science Guy” on budget investments in Canadian innovation, particularly science. However, while mainstream media picked up on the political query related to the Kinder Morgan pipeline program at the end of the session, what they didn’t pick up on was the not-so-subtle poke Nye made about the space program.
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