

Policy Area
Priority Level
Last Updated
Space
Long-Term
January 21, 2024
With the modern ability for private citizens of foreign countries to launch their own satellite constellations into outer space which can observe and interact all around the globe, Canada will need to internationally assert our jurisdiction over Canadian aerospace for the safety and security of all Canadians.
We are on the verge of an age of space exploration fueled by unprecedented capability of individuals to create and operate private space vehicles. As a result, it's time to catch up - and get ahead - of these changes to prevent repeating in space the same mistakes we've made here on Earth.
Hand-in-hand with exploration of space will inevitably come human expansion. In 1967, humanity had the foresight to create the Outer Space Treaty[1] which sought to protect space from unsustainable exploitation and dangerous weaponization. With all that's changed in more than 50 years, it's time to update international treaties governing human expansion into the infinite dark void.