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"CANADA: COMPETING TO WIN" Report of the Standing Committee on Finance (Brian Pallister, M.P. Chair) December, 2006 The following is an excerpt from pages 137-138: The Committee believes that Canada must fully explore all opportunities to be a leader in innovation. In our view, one area in which we currently enjoy an advantage is astronomy, which has a variety of commercial applications. While past support in this area has been given through federal granting councils and research agencies, we feel that targeted funding is needed — at this time — for the Long Range Plan for Canadian Astronomy and Astrophysics if Canada is to continue to be a world leader and to benefit from its commercial spin-offs. From this perspective, the Committee recommends that: RECOMMENDATION 29 The federal government allocate $235 million over seven years to fund the Long Range Plan for Canadian Astronomy and Astrophysics. Click here for the full report

News Stories:

• Toronto Star    Dec 16,2001    "Astronomy's star lobbyists A Canadian case study in raising ..."

• New York Times    May 24,2005    "Canada Looks Up, Way Up"

• The Vancouver Province    Oct 31,2005    "World's largest telescope to be built in Port Coquitlam: Group of universities behind plan expected to cost $750m "

• The Calgary Herald    Oct 31,2005    "Largest telescope to be built in B.C. "

• The Vancouver Sun    Oct 31,2005    "Giant telescope dwarfs rivals: Coquitlam-engineered behemoth will probe the outer universe with 30-metre mirror"

• Hill Times    April 17,2006    "The world's largest telescope: ambitious project made in Canada"

• Toronto Star    May 14,2006    "Canada's big space shot"

• CanWest News Service; Calgary Herald    July 1,2006    "If world astronomy was a Star Trek movie, Canada would be co-pilot of the Enterprise"

The Coalition for Canadian Astronomy Newsletters:

• Winter Issue 2005
• Spring Issue 2006
• Autumn Issue 2006

Coalition presentations to Government:

• 2001 Pre-Budget Presentation before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
• 2001 Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology Appearance
• 2005 Standing Committee on Industry Appearance
• 2005 Pre-Budget Presentation before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
• 2006 Pre-Budget Presentation before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance