EXEMPTION FROM SUBSECTION 602.157(2) OF THE CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS

Pursuant to section 602.160 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), I hereby exempt Canadian North Inc. carrying on business as Canadian North (hereinafter referred to as Canadian North), 200 - 680 Palmer Road N.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2E 7R3, from the requirements set out in subsection 602.157(2) of the CARs subject to the following conditions.

Subsection 602.157(2) states that every air operator, who is a new entrant, that did not report an original base level to the Minister in writing, shall ensure that the number of Chapter 3 aeroplanes in its fleet, expressed as a percentage of its fleet, is equal to or is greater than the percentage set out in Column III of Table 2.

Purpose

The purpose of this exemption is to permit Canadian North to operate two (2) Chapter 2 gravel kit equipped aeroplanes exceeding MCTOW 34,000 kg, for northern operations in accordance with section 602.161 of the CARs.

Application

The exemption applies to Canadian North when operating two (2) Chapter 2 gravel kit equipped aeroplanes under the Air Operator Certificate # 10,008 for its northern operations. Specifically, the aircraft covered by this exemption are:

  • Aircraft 552 Registration: C-GFPW  Serial Number 21294
  • Aircraft 562 Registration: C-GNDU Serial Number 22877

Conditions

This exemption is subject to the following conditions:

  1. Canadian North Inc. shall serve the northern communities listed in Appendix B the using aeroplanes specified in this exemption  only;
    • Aircraft 552 Registration: C-GFPW  Serial Number 21294
    • Aircraft 562 Registration: C-GNDU Serial Number 22877
  2. Canadian North Inc. shall not take off or land the aeroplanes  at any aerodromes that are south of the designated area, as defined in Appendix A, except for the following:
    1. Edmonton International Airport (YEG);
    2. Calgary International Airport (YYC);
    3. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW);
    4. Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ);
    5. Vancouver International Airport (YVR);
    6. Winnipeg International Airport (YWG)
  3. Canadian North Inc. shall be in continued compliance with section 602.161 of the CARs throughout the validity period of this exemption;
  4. Canadian North Inc. shall equip the aeroplanes specified  in this exemption with suitable  gravel runways kit; and
  5. Canadian North Inc. shall carry a copy of this exemption  in the journey log book of each aeroplane subject to this exemption.

Validity

This exemption is valid until the earliest of:

  1. 23:59 EDT on June 30, 2009;
  2. The date on which an amendment to the relevant sections of the CARs, addressed specifically in this exemption, comes into effect;
  3. The date on which any condition specified in the exemption is not complied with; or
  4. The date on which the exemption is canceled in writing by the Minister, where he is of the opinion that it is no longer in the public interest or it is likely to affect aviation safety.

CANCELLATION

The exemption (NCR 081-2006) from subsection 602.157(2) of the CARs issued on June 23, 2006, at Ottawa, by the Director General, Civil Aviation, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities is hereby canceled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to affect aviation safety.

Dated at Ottawa , Ontario, Canada on the  24th day of  June 2008, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Original signed by

Merlin Preuss
Director General
Civil Aviation

 

APPENDIX “A”

“designated area” means,  that part of Canada north of a line described as follows:

  1. commencing on the point of intersection of the Atlantic coast of Canada with the 50th parallel,
  2. thence west along the 50th parallel to the point of intersection of that parallel with the border of Ontario and Manitoba,
  3. thence northwesterly along a straight line drawn from the intersection of the 50th parallel with the border of Ontario and Manitoba to the intersection of the 53rd parallel with the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan,
  4. thence northwesterly along a straight line drawn from the intersection of the 53rd parallel with the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the intersection of the 55th parallel with the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta and
  5. thence west along the 55th parallel to the Pacific coast of Canada.

APPENDIX “B”

Northwest Territories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colomac

CFY8

Holman

CYHI

Deline

CYWJ

Inuvik

CYEV

Diavik

CDK2

Kasba Lake

CJL8

Ekati

CYOA

Lupin

CYWO

Fort Liard

CYJF

Norman Wells

CYVQ

Fort Resolution

CYFR

Paulatuk

CYPC

Fort Simpson

CYFS

Sachs Harbour

CYSY

Fort Smith

CYSM

Taltheilei Narrows

CFA7

Great Bear Lake

CFF4

Tuktoyaktuk

CYUB

Hay River

CYHY

Yellowknife

CYZF

 

 

 

 

Yukon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burwash

CYDB

Mayo

CYMA

Carmacks

CEZ2

Old Crow

CYOC

Dawson

CYDA

Teslin

CYZH

Faro

CZFA

Watson Lake              

CYQH

Haines Junction

CYHT

Whitehorse

CYXY

 

 

 

 

Nunavut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alert

CYLT

Kugaaruk

CYBB

Arviat

CYEK

Kugluktuk

CYCO

Baker Lake

CYBK

Nanisivik

CYSR

Cambridge Bay

CYCB

Oikiqtarjuaq

CYVM

Cape Dorset

CYTE

Polaris

CYJ2

Coral Harbour

CYZS

Pond Inlet

CYIO

Eureka

CYEU

Rankin Inlet

CYRT

Gjoa Haven

CYHK

Resolute Bay

CYRB

Hall Beach

CYUX

Sanikluaq

CYSK

Igloolik

CYGT

Taloyoak

CYYH

Iqaluit

CYFB

Whale Cove

CYXN

 

 

 

 

British Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atlin

CYSQ

Helmet

CBH2

Chetwynd

CYCQ

Hudson’s Hope

CYNH

Dawson Creek

CYDQ

Mackenzie

CYZY

Dease Lake

CYDL

Mobil Sierra

CBX2

Fort Nelson

CYYE

Tumbler Ridge

CBX7

Fort St. John

CYXJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alberta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Chipewyan

CYPY

Mildred Lake

CER4

Fort McMurray

CYMM

Peace River

CYPE

Grande Prairie

CYQU

Rainbow Lake

CYOP

High Level

CYOJ

Slave Lake

CYZH

High Prairie

CZHP

Zama Lake

CFT9

Manning

CFX4

Fort MacKay

CYNR

 

 

 

 

Saskatchewan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffalo Narrows

CYVT

La Ronge

CYVC

Cigar Lake

CJW7

Mcarthur River

CKQ8

Cluff Lake

CJS3

Points North Landing

CYNL

Collins Bay

CYKC

Stony Rapids

CYSF

Key Lake

CYKJ

Uranium City

CYBE

 

 

 

 

Manitoba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churchill

CYYQ

Lynn Lake

CYYL

Cross Lake

CYCR

Norway House

CYNE

Flin flon

CYFO

Shamattawa

CZTM

Gillam

CYGX

The Pas

CYQD

Gimli Industrial Park

CYGM

Thompson

CYTH

Island Lake

CYIV

 

 

Ontario

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Trout Lake

CYTL

Pickle Lake  

CYPL

Moosonee

CYMO

Red Lake

CYRL

Opapimiskan Lake

CKM8

Sioux Lookout

CYXL

 

 

 

 

Quebec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chevery

CYHR

Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon

CYBX

Fontanges

CTU2

Natashquan

CYNA

Havre St-Pierre

CYGV

Nemiscau

CYHH

Kattiniq/Donaldson

CTP9

Poste Montagnais

CSF3

Kuujjuaq

CYVP

Puvirnituq

CYPX

Kuujjuarapik

CYGW

Schefferville

CYKL

La Grande 3

CYAD

Sept Iles

CYZV

La Grande 4

CYAH

St. Augustin

CYIF

La Grande Riviere

CYGL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newfoundland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churchill Falls

CZUM

St. Anthony

CYAY

Goose Bay

CYYR

Wabush

CYWK

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