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|Transport Canada (TC)

|Transport Canada (TC)

|Enabling Commercial Space Launch in Canada  

|Enabling Commercial Space Launch in Canada  

|Transport Canada is taking action to enable commercial space launch activities in Canada following Cabinet direction. TC has developed an interim regulatory regime leveraging the limited authorities at their disposal to authorize launches starting in 2025-2026. The interim regime is mostly based in policy and TC propose to run the interim regime as a sandbox to test the policy requirements and adjust them as they learn from their experience to improve the interim regime over time and leverage the learnings to develop a permanent regulatory framework for commercial space launch. TC’s current authorities are limited to authorizing launches and the sandbox will test TC’s launch authorization requirements, review process and oversight approach.

|Transport Canada (TC) is using a regulatory sandbox to test and refine an interim regulatory regime that enables commercial space launch activities in Canada in a safe and secure manner. In the sandbox, TC will authorize Canadian companies to conduct space launches to help evaluate TC’s launch authorization requirements, review process and oversight approach. This project will help inform the development of a permanent regulatory framework that enables growth in the commercial space launch industry in Canada, while ensuring their activities are safe and secure.

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|Transport Canada (TC)

|Transport Canada (TC)

|Establishing a Battery Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Locomotive Regulatory Sandbox (in support of Rail Safety and Decarbonization)  

|Establishing a Battery Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Locomotive Regulatory Sandbox (in support of Rail Safety and Decarbonization)  

|Transport Canada is working toward the development of a regulatory regime for hydrogen and battery-powered locomotives. TC is leading a project to produce Canadian Standards that will form the basis of a future regulatory regime. TC is proposing to use a regulatory sandbox to test the standards requirements in real world operations with participating companies and use the learnings to improve the standard and inform how the standard can be used to support the development of regulations. Rail companies participating in the sandbox would take steps to comply with the standards’ requirements and TC would work with companies and TC inspectors to get feedback on the standards burden, inspection outcomes, and impact on innovation.  

|Transport Canada (TC) is using a regulatory sandbox to develop and test standards requirements for new hydrogen and battery-powered locomotives that foster industry innovation while maintaining safety. In the sandbox, rail companies will comply with the standards requirements in real world operations to help TC evaluate standards burden, inspection outcomes, and the impact on innovation. This project will help inform the development of a permanent regulatory regime that allows Canadian companies the flexibility to develop these new locomotives, while ensuring they are used safely.

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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #C3D0C9;" |[[CRI Supported Projects|View list of completed projects and experimentation reports]]

! colspan="3" style="background-color: #C3D0C9;" |[[CRI Supported Projects|View list of completed projects and experimentation reports]]