Good morning, everyone. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 24 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. The webcast will only show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I'd like to outline a few rules to follow. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French. Please select the language that you prefer.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. For those on the video conference, please click on the microphone icon to unmute yourself.
As a reminder, all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute. For the services of the interpreters, please do not speak over each other so that the interpreters can do their important work.
Now this is the key rule. As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card when you have 30 seconds remaining in your intervention. I will hold up a red card when your time for questions has expired. Please respect the time limits so that everyone has an opportunity to ask their questions.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on November 5, 2020, the committee is meeting today to continue its study on the development and support of the aerospace industry.
I now would like to welcome our witnesses. From the Boeing Company, Boeing Canada, and Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology, we have Sir Michael Arthur, president of Boeing International; Mr. Charles “Duff” Sullivan, managing director; and Mr. William Lyons, senior director, global technology and global engineering.
From the Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace, we have Mr. Robert Donald, executive director. From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, we have Aaron Wudrick, federal director. From Hexagon's autonomy and positioning division, we have Jason Hamilton, chief revenue officer. From KF Aerospace, we have Tracy Medve, president. Finally, from Rheinmetall Canada Inc., we have Stéphane Oehrli, president and CEO.
Each witness will present for five minutes followed by rounds of questions.
We will start with Boeing Canada. You have the floor for five minutes.