I'll start with the workers. We're going to design, prototype and engineer the new subway train in Montreal. We will do all the subcomponents. The car body and shell will be welded in La Pocatière, Quebec, and shipped to Thunder Bay for all the final assembly. We're going to test the train in Kingston, and finally it will be commissioned in Toronto.
Of the people who will work on this train, 85% will be Canadian. In terms of working hours, it has a tremendous impact. We've talked about over 900 direct jobs for people working on it, and 600 will be at Alstom alone. That's for the working hours.
After that, it's about the expertise of the supply chain. The aluminum will come from Quebec, and the carbon steel will come from Ontario. Different components will come from all across Canada. In terms of the value of the goods and products that will be in the train, it will reach 55% Canadian. Obviously, we would like to go higher than that at some point, but there's a limit to what the supply chain can deliver, and some components are not in Canada, for all sorts of reasons.
People say a lot that sometimes we're paying a bit more for our products because they are Canadian instead of being from low-cost countries. That's true. We need investments in Canada to produce here, but the return on investment for the taxpayer is different. It's not just about the cost of buying the product; it's about what stays in the economy, what is circling back into the economy and what is coming back in taxes for the treasury. All of this needs to be counted when we're looking at a very large project like NST.
