[Looking for Diogenes]

"This is not a total loss for the Canadian space program," said Alain Berinstain, the Canadian Space Agency's acting director of planetary exploration and space astronomy. He said in a statement the instrument "has positioned Canada as a preferred supplier" of science and technology.

Uhuh. I'm sure Canada is among the top twenty nations for supplying space technologies.

[albertabound]

http://www.weblearn.ca/teachersite/NORAD/Readings/canspaceprogtimeline.htm

You might find the above article of interest. It seems we do crawl out of our igloos periodically and slapshoot something or other into space.