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Canada reaches deadline to respond to UN over controversial telescope

In a letter, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said it is concerned about harm that could result from the financing and support provided by the government of Canada, Canadian astronomical societies, and Canadian corporations for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that is proposed for Mauna Kea, the highest peak in Hawaii.