Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Valois.
You talked about, in response to my colleague MP Paul-Hus, some of the shortages of qualified, trained individuals, and you said there is a retention issue. As you know, we've now recovered almost 115% of the jobs we lost during the pandemic. We have recovered about three million jobs. Our economy can still absorb another million jobs. I know in fact that in the real estate industry, we're short 300,000 jobs, which through budget 2022 we are trying to address.
I was doing a little bit of research. I noticed that 30,000 jobs were lost in the industry, and you are currently experiencing a shortage of about 130,000.
In your view, what can we do toward making sure that the aerospace industry, when it comes to talent, is sustained over a much longer period of time? How do some of the current air defence procurement projects play a role here? I just heard that we put up another $99 million for the F-35s. Do you have an opportunity to be part of any of these projects?
Thank you.