Canada’s New Space Strategy Does Little to Reform Regulations

04/11/19 • 38 min

My guest this week is Aram Daniel Kerkonian. Aram is an expert in space law and policy, a licensed Ontario lawyer and the Chief Legal Consultant of Ardaker Space Consultants. Aram is currently pursuing his doctorate in space law at McGill University's Institute of Air and Space Law, focusing on Canada's regulatory framework related to space.Today we’re going to discuss Canada’s new Space Strategy focusing in part on regulatory frameworks and how updating them will help Canada’s space sector, especially the fast changing commercial space sector. We’ll touch on space mining, ground stations, rocket launches and more. Recently Aram wrote an opinion related to the new Space Strategy.Listen in.Aram Kerkonian recent opinion on SpaceQ:- Finally, a New Canadian Space Strategy – But Wait, What do we do With This?http://spaceq.ca/opinion-finally-a-new-canadian-space-strategy-but-wait-what-do-we-do-with-this/

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