Canada Moving to Foster Commercial Space Launch Activity

The Canadian government will spend the next three years developing regulatory requirements, safety standards and licensing conditions aimed at fostering a commercial space launch industry there. Transport Canada said Friday the transport minister will set up an interdepartmental launch review process to use expertise from other departments and agencies. "Developing a commercial space launch regime for Canada will help make our space sector more competitive and will allow Canadian industry a greater market share of the global space economy," Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.