They manage a large portion of our country's fertile land base, and they are caretakers of our valuable natural resources and diverse ecosystems.

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Some of the proposed the legislation around carbon pricing proceeds from the idea that companies do not pay the full cost of consuming valuable natural resources that also pollute the environment, and instead pass substantial costs to taxpayers.

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Customers will now have the ability to conduct missions, 24x7, through all weather conditions, across most of the planet to help solve some of the world's critical problems such as global climate change, ocean acidification, fisheries management, hurricane prediction, tsunami warning and exploration for valuable natural resources.

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In addition, the Canadian economy, the world's 10th biggest, is endowed with natural resources increasingly valuable in this century--like potash and uranium.

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