It should not have come as a surprise, after all everyone had been warned since the last budget that this budget would contain significant cuts. Yet when the budget was released, one of Canada's leading space companies, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), issued a press release the following day saying it was going to have to restructure its workforce.

Why did MDA issue such an extraordinary press release?  Read more at SpaceRef Canada.

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