Policy

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released its 2023–24 Departmental Results Report which shows that it spent $450.8 million, which was lower than the $537.4 million it planned to spend.

The Asia Policy journal October 2024 issue is available and it includes a roundtable discussion titled Asia’s Space Ambitions: Driving the Next Chapter in Global Space Competition. Within this 90 page roundtable is a contribution by Brian Gallant and Jordan Miller on Canada.

During this years International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan, the Canadian Space Agency extended their memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Swedish National Space Agency and looked at a new collaboration with the Italian Space Agency.

Ottawa, ON – Lisa Campbell, President, Canadian Space Agency, was a keynote speaker at the 2024 Space Bound conference on Tuesday, September 24.

Ottawa, ON – Brig. Gen. Chris Horner, Commander, 3 Canadian Space Division, Department of National Defence, was a keynote speaker at the 2024 Space Bound conference on Wednesday, September 25.

Ottawa, ON - If Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party win the next federal government, it will could be bad news for the Canadian space industry. That was the view shared by analysts across the political spectrum in the panel discussion, ‘Canada’s Political Environment and What It Means for the Space Sector’ during day two of Space Bound 2024. This page is for subscribers only. Already …

Ottawa, ON - Today it is commonplace to see NASA astronauts flying to the International Space Station on SpaceX vehicles. But there was a time when such a public-private partnership would have been unthinkable, and the accomplishments of such a private space company would have never come to pass. What made all this possible was a fundamental attitude change on the part of NASA. This …

The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has released a report on the Sixty-seventh session which was held June 19–28, 2024.

It seems some within industry are not pleased with the Canadian Space Agency’s decision to close the David Florida Laboratory.

In Halifax today, the Canadian government announced that years long negotiations towards a Technology Safeguards Agreement with the United States, needed for the "proper handling of sensitive U.S. technology" related to space launch technology, have concluded. The Technology Safeguards Agreement, effectively a treaty between the two countries, still needs to be ratified by both governments and signed before it comes into effect. The final review …