Federal budget cuts could be felt far, far away — up in outer space. A 10 per cent budget cut over 3 years may impact new projects most.
Industry leaders are worried that cuts to the Canadian Space Agency announced in the recent budget might hurt critical programs.
There are fears of possible layoffs among employees, engineers and scientists who work at the space agency. They are expected to get a much clearer idea in the coming days of what the future holds.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget has called on the CSA to reduce spending — like a number of other departments and agencies — by 10 per cent over three years.
Budget documents indicate that the space agency has been told to cut $29.5 million by 2014-15, with smaller reduction targets in each of the two previous years…
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