The Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC) is the main public consultative body involved in creating and amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations and is a joint effort of Transport Canada and the Canadian aviation industry.
4-512: The Council holds one plenary meeting per year. The rest of the council's business is conducted through nine Technical Committees, the meetings of which are open to the public. The procedures used by CARAC are governed by the CARAC Management Charter. Technical Committees may also form Working Groups consisting of subject matter experts, to provide reports about areas that require detailed study. The nine committees correspond to
8-601: Is strictly an advisory body and can only make recommendations to Transport Canada. The CARs decision-making body is the Civil Aviation Regulatory Committee (CARC), which consists solely of senior managers of Transport Canada. Canadian Airports Council The Canadian Airports Council ( CAC ) is the Canadian trade association for Canada 's airports. It is a division of Airports Council International-North America. Formed in 1992, as
12-582: The devolution of airports to local control was beginning under Canada's National Airports Policy , the CAC has 54 airport operator members that represent more than 100 airports across Canada. These include all the non-governmental airports in Canada's National Airports System and other commercial airports in every province and territory. Since 2011, Daniel-Robert Gooch has been the president of CAC in an Ottawa office with six full-time staff. CAC members include
16-672: The eight main parts of the CARs, with Airworthiness being divided into two different Technical Committees. Many Canadian aviation industry associations are regular participants in CARAC. These include the Air Transport Association of Canada , Canadian Airports Council , Canadian Business Aviation Association , Canadian Owners and Pilots Association and the National Airlines Council of Canada . CARAC
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