Steve McLean: Good News in Canadian Spaceflight

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Apparently, Dr. McLean's just been appointed to the presidency of the Canadian Space Agency!

Congratulations, Dr. McLean!

(No, we've never met in person or by any other means. I just thought it good news.)

(No, this doesn't let the New Conservatives off the hook with me, either. Just FYI.)

Comments

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With luck, he'll last longer than the former president of my former employer did. But then everyone was surprised that Larry Boisvert took the position. I seem to recall that relations between CSA and the late, lamented Telesat Canada weren't always as harmonious as they might have been. (There's still a Telesat, but it's not the company it used to be, and despite the legal fiction that allowed it to be sold, it's an American branch plant operation rather than a real Canadian company now.)

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Truly a shame, that. An independent national infrastructure is something to be cherished, nourished and defended. Not privatised into branch-plant status.

As for Dr. McLean's appointment...

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...I'll hope for an appointment that outlasts the current government by a considerable margin. Seems to me that our space agency ought to be run by a Canadian who's been in the Deep Black at least once. This is a good follow-up to the Garneau precedent.