Ottawa — The Conservative government says providing Ukraine with satellite imagery will have no adverse effects even though government documents show Canada faces difficulties in acquiring such surveillance data for its own use.
Last year, Ukraine asked Ottawa for imagery from Canada’s Radarsat-2 satellite; in February Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced that would be provided.
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May asked whether the Canadian Forces or other federal departments were concerned about sharing such information with Ukraine’s military.
The response from the Conservative government, recently provided to the House of Commons in the form of an order paper, did not answer that question.
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Source: National Post
