Harper government cutting more than $100 million related to protection of water

Coast Guard services are facing cuts equivalent to $20 million by 2014-15.Photo by Darryl Dyck, The Canadian Press

Harper government finds waterway spending cuts

Coast Guard downsizing in $100M shaved

by Mike De Souza, Calgary Herald/Postmedia News, Sat, Dec 28, 2013

More than $100 million in cuts are underway at the federal department in charge of protecting Canada's water and oceans, despite recommendations from top bureaucrats that it needs to increase spending for both environmental and economic reasons.

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Coast Guard services are facing cuts equivalent to $20 million by 2014-15.Photo by Darryl Dyck, The Canadian Press