Tag Archives: Budget 2016

The Federal Budget brought a mild surprise and welcome news to the space community in that the government provided a specific funding dollar amount to sustain Canada’s contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) through 2024. The previous government had committed Canada to participating in the ISS through 2024, but had yet to allocate funds to make it happen.

Today’s budget had a little surprise in it. It not only mentioned space, it allocated money for two specific uses.