The Liberals rightly criticized the Conservatives for not being transparent when they were the government. Now that the Liberals are in power, they plan on following through with their promise to update the Access to Information Act. The problem? Bill C-58 will result in a less transparent government in which the government decides what the public should know.

The president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) spoke to a younger conference audience than he usually does today, as the Montreal Space Symposium was conceived and organized by students.

My guest this week is none other than my business partner Keith Cowing. Keith and I co-founded SpaceRef 18 years ago.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) today signed a memorandum of understanding that could see the Dream Chaser being used by Canadian researchers and businesses.

The Governor General may be Canada’s representative to the Queen, but yesterday’s installation of former astronaut Julie Payette as Canada’s 29th Governor General was all Canadian.

This Thursday the first of three spacewalks will take place to replace one of the hands, know as Latching End Effectors (LEE) on the station’s Canadarm2.

In his opening statement at the Subcommittee on Space Hearing on Private Sector Lunar Exploration, Brian Babin (R-Texas), Chair of the Subcommittee said “will space be the next sector to lead economic growth?” His answer, ” I don’t know.” It’s an important question and his answer was right.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced a research and development opportunity that is targeted at developers to encourage development of applications that integrate data from multiple earth observation (EO) satellites.

My guest today is Matt Bamsey a Research Associate at the DLR, the German Space Agency. Matt is Canadian and was one of the 17 finalists in the Canadian Space Agency astronaut recruitment campaign. Before joining the DLR in 2013, Matt had been a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Florida and the University of Guelph where he received his PhD in Environmental Biology. …

The organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium have released the events schedule along with the speakers list.