New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us.

I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.

We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible.

The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications.

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer.

Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously.

I think there's going to be a very sudden shift in people's perception of the International Space Station, because suddenly it's going to look much, much bigger than it already is.

Music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication and for the very cognitive, representational flexibility necessary to become humans.

Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.

Hoping and dreaming of a better world are not enough if we are unwilling to work - but when we work towards our dreams, wonderful things can happen.

At age ten I switched to guitar, and I've loved the instrument ever since. And I love to practice. I just do. I just love guitar. It still brings a smile to my face!

Keep ambitions high, in front of God and people, Your credibility will be in proportion to your ambitions

I also want to tell him how much I already miss him. But that wouldn't be fair on my part.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.