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Government becomes convinced of direct benefits from remote 
sensing. 
Ontario 
The Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing (OCRS) in Surveys and 
Mapping Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, received 
final approval in September and was identified as an office in 
November, 1973. The centre is implementing an expansion 
schedule. The staff, presently ten (8 professionals, 2 support) 
should reach twenty-three (10 professionals, 13 support) by 
1977. (See Figure 3.) The centre provides an information 
service to the public, co-ordinates remote sensing activities 
and offers a variety of training courses in the province, 
conducts applied research, handles specialized airborne sensing 
activities and performs multidisciplinary interpretation 
services within the provincial government. The OCRS is the 
provincial link with CCRS. 
Quebec 
Remote sensing activities are intensive within research 
bodies in the province of Quebec; however, plans for central 
co-ordination have not yet advanced. 
Maritime Provinces 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have 
an interprovincial committee, the Maritime Regional Committee 
on Remote Sensing, at management level, to co-ordinate the 
interests of the three provinces and to finalize a plan for the 
Maritime Centre for Remote Sensing. Each of the three provinces 
has a provincial committee with a membership of senior special 
ists to analyse its needs and the nature of its involvement, 
and to provide representation in the national program. Although 
a tentative proposal for a regional centre has been drafted by 
the Maritime Regional Committee, it has not yet been finalized 
for submission to the Council of Maritime Premiers. 
Newfoundland 
So far, remote sensing affairs have been looked after by 
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Attempts are being made 
to form a committee in the immediate future, which could make 
plans for the establishment of a regional centre and seek 
support from the provincial government. Meanwhile, the Faculty 
of Engineering and Applied Science, MUN, conducts intensive 
remote sensing research, offers an image library of ERTS and 
ERTS Fiche, and provides a free information service.