1. ICAO State Safety
Program Requirements
Canadian Perspective

2. ICAO’s State Safety Program Requirements
1. State's safety policy and objectives
1.1 - CAA safety standards
1.2 - CAA safety responsibilities and accountabilities
1.3 - Accident and incident investigation
1.4 - Enforcement policy
2. State's safety risk management
2.1 - Safety requirements for service providers SMS
2.2 - Approval of service provider's acceptable levels of safety
3. State's safety assurance
3.1 - Safety oversight
3.2 - Safety data collection, analysis and exchange
3.3 - Safety data driven targeting of oversight on areas of greater concern or need
4. State's safety promotion
4.1 - Internal training, communication and dissemination of safety information
4.2 - External training, communication and dissemination of safety information

3. Transport Canada’s State Safety Program
Canada's safety policy and objectives
1.1 Canadian Aviation Regulations
1.2 Aviation Safety Program Manual
1.3 Transportation Safety Board is responsible for investigations:
Transport Canada participation and support is through the Minister’s Observer Program
Incidents reported through the Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System are reviewed to determine if further action is required.
1.4 SMS Enforcement Policy continues to evolve as SMS implementation continues
State's safety policy and objectives
1.1 CAA safety standards
1.2 CAA safety responsibilities and accountabilities
1.3 Accident and incident investigation
1.4 Enforcement policy

4. Transport Canada’s State Safety Program
State's safety risk management
2.1 Safety requirements for service providers SMS
2.2 Approval of service provider's acceptable levels of safety
Canada’s safety risk management
2.1 SMS requirements defined in the separate regulations for each service provider:
CAR 107 – General Provisions
CAR 302 – Airports
CAR 406 – FTUs
CAR 561 – Manufacturers
CAR 573 – AMOs
CAR 705 – AOCs
CAR 805 – ANS
2.2 Compliance with regulations is verified through assessments and inspections as described in the Surveillance Procedures Manual

5. Transport Canada’s State Safety Program
3. State's safety assurance
3.1 Safety oversight
3.2 Safety data collection, analysis and exchange
3.3 Safety data driven targeting of oversight on areas of greater concern or need
Canada’s safety assurance
3.1 Surveillance Procedures Manual
3.2 Transport Canada has a group in the civil aviation organization responsible for safety data collection and analysis as well as safety reporting.
3.3 Risk based management policy
Risk indicator database
National Planning Standard
Surveillance Policy

6. Transport Canada’s State Safety Program
4. State's safety promotion
4.1 Internal training, communication and dissemination of safety information
4.2 External training, communication and dissemination of safety information
4. Canada’s safety promotion
Training:
Transport Canada has a program for the development and delivery of basic, advanced, and refresher training, including SMS, QA, interview skills and related specialty courses
Communication:
Transport Canada has well-established practices in place for internal and external communication and is developing a policy to formalize this communication
Dissemination of safety information:
Transport Canada has a program in place for safety promotion and awareness. An aviation safety newsletter is published four times a year to promote safety awareness. The newsletter is distributed to employees and industry stakeholders and available on the civil aviation web site. The group also organizations information forums for industry to promote the latest safety advances in aviation.

7. Conclusion and Next Steps
Work continue to finalize ICAO’s State Safety Plan requirements
Canada has main elements of an SSP in place: regulations, standards, guidelines, education to promote a safety and harmonized aviation system
Canada is well-placed to meet the ICAO standard, when it comes into effect