Canada tables Space Launch Act

Canada's Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon has tabled the historic Canadian Space Launch Act, a framework designed to enable rocket launches from Canadian soil for the first time. The legislation aims to end the country's reliance on foreign launch providers, particularly the United States, and unlock a potential $40 billion commercial space industry. The government projects the move will create thousands of high-skilled jobs and support applications in wildfire prediction, Arctic security, and marine protection. Canada is currently the only G7 nation without sovereign launch capability, and the new framework seeks to reduce investment outflows and project delays caused by external dependencies.