Evidence of meeting #24 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was industry.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
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President, Boeing International, The Boeing Company
I'll take 30 seconds.
We make a forecast of demands for aircraft going out 20 years. Airbus does the same. They'll roughly say that the current fleet will double over that period. We're talking about 40,000 new planes. All of those need pilots, maintenance people and ground service. There's a global shortage of personnel in this field. That just reinforces your tally. That's my point.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
Thank you very much.
I will cede the rest of my time.
I want to thank everyone for being here today. As many of us have said, the aerospace industry is incredibly important.
This is also a very important issue in Quebec, in my constituency and in those of a number of my colleagues here today.
Thank you very much for your testimony.
Thank you so much for your assistance today.
I'd like to also give a gentle reminder to colleagues. For health and safety reasons, please wear your headset. It is imperative for our interpreters to be able to do the work they are doing. I also ask the members to submit to the clerk as soon as possible your requested witnesses for the next study.
I wanted to also mention this. It came up during the presentations today that regular Canadians cannot participate in committee. I want to debunk that. Canadians are more than welcome to submit to the clerk of the committee briefs, suggestions and so on.
I urge people who are interested in the topics that they are hearing about at standing committees of the House of Commons to get involved. Communicate your concerns and your positions to the committee, because we do want to hear from folks. We do have limited time, unfortunately, to have everyone in front of us, but we do read all of the briefs that are sent our way.
With that, I want to thank everyone.
Thank you very much for the time you have given us today.
My thanks also go to the interpreters, the staff of the information technology service, the clerk and the analysts for the excellent work they do.
Thank you very much.
With that, I'll call the meeting adjourned.