Acronym:
NSC
Standards are developed by Canada's standards development organizations (SDO) and submitted to the SCC to see if they meet the criteria to become a National Standard of Canada (NSC). These criteria state the standard must: be developed by consensus of a balanced committee of stakeholders, undergo public scrutiny, be published in both official languages, be consistent with or incorporate existing international and pertinent foreign standards. Also, National Standards must not act as a barrier for trade.