Transport committee  ICAO requires us to develop fatigue regulations based on the latest science. That's exactly what we're doing. We're looking at publishing them in the Canada Gazette, part I. In some respects we'll probably exceed U.S. requirements when we do so. For example, we'll include all car

Transport committee  In terms of the safety and educational awareness campaigns that we currently have under way, we did a lot of work with operators to issue a Canadian aviation safety alert in response to a recommendation in a Transportation Safety Board report in 2014, I believe, that was tied to

Transport committee  Thank you for the question, Madam Chair. In terms of the delegation of authority within the department, I am responsible for issuing exemptions. This particular exemption related to specific requirements for a pilot to have flown an aircraft within the last five years. With the

Transport committee  Denis has more expertise in that area.

Transport committee  Our primary interaction has been through organizations such as the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. When we did the round tables across the country last year, it was an open invitation. In some instances—I think it was Winnipeg, for example—the City of Winnipeg showed up. H

Transport committee  That's really the heart of our new risk-based approach to regulating unmanned aerial vehicles. Regarding the distinction between whether you're operating for commercial or recreational reasons, we're dropping that distinction. If you're operating a heavier drone that poses a gr

Transport committee  From an aviation safety point of view, whether we're issuing a special flight operating certificate or whether it's within the proposed regulations, we are going to have insurance requirements to cover those liability issues. It's outside of our mandate to deal with some of the o

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. Again, the NPA that we produced is a very public moment to share, and we extended the timelines for consultation for that. I heard this morning, for example, on the need for registration and marking, knowledge requirements, and licensing. We've hear

Transport committee  The short answer is yes. We're looking at it. What we heard from the witnesses today was about performance-based design standards. We're very much looking at that. That's for the UAV itself. Mark can elaborate on that.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I think you referred to the Transportation Safety Board watchlist. It's based on their review of accidents and the reports they have done over the last several years. On that basis, they've developed their watchlist, which has four different items.

Transport committee  Working from memory, in the spring of 2015 we came out with what we call a “notice of proposed amendment” that explained to Canadians what possible rules would look like. We got a lot of feedback on that NPA. We're working through that feedback now and developing some regulatory

Transport committee  We bring a whole variety of stakeholders to the table, as many as we can, when we develop our regulatory packages through our regulatory process. We are, through forums such as federal and provincial forums and bilateral relationships, engaging those other agencies as well.

Transport committee  We don't have anything right now that's comparable, but we have been looking at sharing that kind of information with the pilots.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I'd start off by saying that from an aviation safety point of view, we already have a very highly integrated approach with the FAA with the alignment for our regulatory requirements. When we drill down to the level of unmanned aerial vehicles or drone

Transport committee  I'm not a constitutional expert, but as I understand it, under the Constitution Act aviation under the Aeronautics Act is primary, so all aviation activities fall under federal jurisdiction. The way the Aeronautics Act is written, any place an aircraft takes off from and lands at