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{
"time": "2026-06-08 19:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dan Albas",
"fr": "Dan Albas"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9388807\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, we are debating $20 million, one of 20 years' worth of payments that are going to a private company for an asset that we would never own. As I mentioned, in Norway, when they wanted to create sovereign space capacity, for approximately $30 million, they did it themselves. Here, we would be giving $200 million. I would ask the member opposite what $200 million could do in this economy. There are so many other priorities that would be better suited from here, but perhaps, if the Department of National Defence needs this capacity, it should own the asset, operate the asset and get the benefits to Canadians, not to MLS.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9388807\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous d\u00e9battons d'une somme de 20 millions de dollars que nous verserons chaque ann\u00e9e pendant 20 ans \u00e0 une entreprise priv\u00e9e pour un actif que nous ne poss\u00e9derons jamais. Comme je l'ai mentionn\u00e9, lorsque les Norv\u00e9giens ont voulu cr\u00e9er des capacit\u00e9s spatiales souveraines avec environ 30 millions de dollars, ils l'ont fait eux-m\u00eames. Dans notre cas, nous allons d\u00e9bourser 200 millions de dollars. J'aimerais que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face nous dise ce que 200 millions de dollars permettront de r\u00e9aliser dans le contexte \u00e9conomique actuel. Il y a tellement d'autres priorit\u00e9s qui seraient pr\u00e9f\u00e9rables dans ce contexte. Si, toutefois, le minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense nationale a besoin de ces capacit\u00e9s, il devrait \u00eatre propri\u00e9taire de l'actif, l'exploiter et en faire profiter les Canadiens plut\u00f4t que Maritime Launch Services.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/8/dan-albas-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dan-albas/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4841/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13561651",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Main Estimates, 2026-27",
"fr": "Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses 2026\u20112027"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Concurrence in Vote 5\u2014Department of National Defence",
"fr": "Adoption du cr\u00e9dit 5 \u2014 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense nationale"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/8/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F8%2F"
}
}