Posted AT 5:52 AM EST on 13/02/06
Head of space agency urged to step down
QUEBEC — The president of the Canadian Space Agency, Virendra Jha, is being urged to step down during a police investigation into alleged misappropriation of public funds involving a suspicious multi-million-dollar development contract.
The $7.3-million contract was awarded by the agency in June, 2000, to the Montreal-based company Tecsult Eduplus Inc.
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