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From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canadian participation in Star Wars.
Message-ID: <1084@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 19:24:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.1084
Posted: Sat Jun  1 19:24:54 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Jun-85 23:20:29 EDT
References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <524@alberta.UUCP>
Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Summary: 

In article <524@alberta.UUCP> ken@alberta.UUCP (Ken Hruday) writes:
>I agree that the money could be better spent elsewhere but it wasn't
>clear to me whether Canada would be footing the bill or whether the
>U.S. military would be contracting out to Canadian companies. Does
>anyone have clarification on this? If the Canadian government was 
>to sponser any involvement, my vote is also NO. Our money could be
>spent more effectively on more peaceful research or on reducing the 
>national debt.

As far as I know Washington has dropped the requirement for a formal
answer to their invitation and will now be satisfied if the various
NATO countries merely allow their companies to bid on the contracts.

J.B. Robinson