I call to order the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we're continuing our study of the proposed sale of a part of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Alliant Techsystems.
We have two panels before us today of an hour each. In the first panel we have representatives from the Canadian Auto Workers, the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada. We have four members of the organization: Dawn Cartwright, the national aerospace director; Carol Phillips, assistant to the president; Steven Shrybman, legal counsel; and Mr. Roland Kiehne, president of CAW Local 112.
We are supposed to have a professor of the Institute of Air and Space Law from McGill University, Ms. Lucy Stojak. Hopefully she's on her way.
And then, from the University of Sherbrooke, we have Mr. Alain Royer, professor and researcher member of CARTEL—Centre d'application et de recherche en teledetection—department of applied geomatics, faculty of literature and social sciences.
You've all been told you have up to five minutes for an opening statement.
We'll start with the CAW, then we'll go to Professeur Royer, and then hopefully Professor Stojak will be here.
Ms. Cartwright, are you presenting on behalf of the CAW?