Industry Canada has announced the members of a new Space Advisory Board (ASB), fulfilling a recommendation made in 2012 by the Aerospace Advisory Council chaired by David Emerson. The ASB was announced at the annual conference of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) by Industry minister James Moore who pledged that the new body would provide the government with "unvarnished, thoughtful and constructive criticism on how to move policy forward … in a meaningful way".