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A number of factors are arguing for new ways of defining and implementing a space policy in Europe, including the EU's imminent enlargement and its prospective adoption of a Constitutional Treaty, pressure from the space industry (including manufacturers, operators and service providers) for restructuring and a general reassessment of their policies by other space powers, most significantly the US.

In terms of future missions, the capacity of the force to respond in speed, quantity and concurrency could be affected, but those determinations would need to be made by those who are generating the force as to how much air power, how much sea power, how much land power, how fast, how big and for how long.

Secondly, on the comments you made about having I don't want to misrepresent your words some skepticism about the concept of middle powers, if we are not prepared to associate with.perhaps middle powers isn't the concept so much as progressive powers, from other parts of the world, in trying to push forward the human security agenda, the non-proliferation treaty obligations, for example, moving from those who fail to deliver on 0.7%, to be among those who have met their obligations. We're now at the back of the pack.

I wish to join in the commendation of our government and to associate myself, as chair of the Canadian Parliamentarians for Global Action, with six other MPI priorities which are particularly compelling in the new strategic context of post-cold war and post-September 11, including: strategic arms reduction in accordance with NPT commitments; control of missile defences and preventing missile proliferation; reduction and elimination of non-strategic and tactical nuclear weapons; the non-use of nuclear weapons and the commitment of middle power countries like Canada to refuse to support first use of nuclear weapons in security policies; ...[+++] ban on nuclear testing, including respecting the moratorium on nuclear testing and ratification of the comprehensive test ban treaty; and, control of fissile materials, particularly given the threat to terrorist use of nuclear devices and materials.