Thank you, Madam Chair.
I wish to once again welcome Mr. Vilven, Mr. Kelly, and Professor Kesselman.
This is my first meeting with you. As you know, I'm the person responsible for bringing this bill to Parliament, so welcome.
Somebody asked me why we are working on this bill, why I thought of bringing this bill to Parliament. In fact, we were actually, as we say in French, interpellé, that is to say, when Mr. Justice La Forest gave his decision from the courts, what he said was it was a complex matter and one that should be resolved by the legislatures. This is what Mr. Justice La Forest said.
We thought it would be not only useful, but important for the legislature in Canada to follow up on this, since really the ball was in our court. This is the reason we're all meeting to discuss this.
I do have several questions. I'd like to ask a question of the former airline pilots, if I may, to begin with.
How many people in your group—I don't know whether I can call it an association, but the group you have formed—do you represent? And how many people, what percentage, does your membership represent of the number of airline pilots who have either reached the age of 60 or are likely to reach the age of 60 within the next five years?
I'm asking the question of one of you two, and possibly Professor Kesselman, eventually.
Mr. Kelly.