Mr. Chair, thank you for your generosity.
Again, I am pleased to welcome and thank everyone who has contributed to our discussion on our next budget. Since we are short on time, we cannot ask all the questions we had hoped to.
I would like to begin with Ms. Collins, who is the president of her transportation union. I more or less agree with my friend and colleague, Mr. Laforest, when he said that he found your comments to be alarmist. I would say instead that what you said was alarming. I think the nuance is important.
You point out that there are 130 vacant aviation inspector jobs at Transport Canada. Ms. Collins, could you tell us if there's a relationship between those vacancies and the classification and compensation problems your members are experiencing?