Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank all the witnesses for joining us today and answering our questions.
Clearly, the aerospace industry is one that's been through a lot during this pandemic. It has been quite hard hit. Rather than focusing on COVID-19 and what the current state of affairs is, I'd like to focus more on the future to see how the government could support the industry in the long term.
I represent a riding where quite a bit of the aerospace industry is on the territory of Saint-Laurent. It's an industry that I hear from a lot. At the same time, I hear a lot from my constituents when I go door to door. I've heard in the past about bailouts and about how people aren't necessarily happy about the way money sometimes gets thrown at these companies.
I'm all for supporting the industry. I think that the aerospace industry is a strategic one where, if we invest properly or if we support it in the right ways, it can definitely allow us to be competitive on a global scale. It's the future.
I'm looking for ways—other than bailouts—that you would recommend the government use to support. I'm talking to all the panellists here. I'm thinking more in terms of contracts and preferring Canadian companies, for example, over global competitors. I'm thinking about education and ways in which we can help improve the industry and make sure that we're up to par with global competitors, so that Canadian companies are the ones that we want to choose.
If anybody wants to comment on ways forward that go along with that way of thinking, I'm really interested in hearing your suggestions.