Canada can’t afford not to be in space

Every dollar invested in space by the Canadian government has a strong multiplier effect producing roughly twice the impact. Investments in space have an immediate effect—they are rocket fuel for Canada’s economic recovery.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Aug. 9, 2018, visiting MDA's Montreal facility to see the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites before they launched. The global space market is worth more than USD$420-billion today; Morgan Stanley forecasts this market will grow to USD$1-trillion per year by 2040. Canada's well-positioned to lead in that future, if we keep our hand in, writes Mike Greenley. Photograph courtesy of MDA

Opinion

BY MIKE GREENLEY

December 7, 2020

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Necessity is the mother of invention. We’ve all seen those aphorisms in action lately, from front-line workers of all kinds rolling up their sleeves and getting the job done, to engineers and scientists (and policy-makers) applying their knowledge an...

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