The following is excerpted from the 4 August 2011 issue of Reuters Canada.

Canada's environment ministry will cut or reassign around 10 percent of its workers, unions said Thursday, prompting fears that services like weather forecasting and environmental protection will suffer...

This article is available in its entirety on the Reuters Canada website at:

http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE7735KK20110804

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