Evidence of meeting #8 for International Trade in the 41st Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ceta.
Conservative
Ron Cannan Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
You mentioned the opportunities for Nova Scotia, other parts of Canada, in the aviation industry.
Have you identified any potential growth opportunities?
Col John Cody
In Montreal, Canadair builds a very popular line of small to medium-sized jetliners. They've just put out a medium-sized one that is going to be a world-beater. They finally got one to beat the Brazilians. Across the country, and you can go all the way across, there is R&O, repair and overhaul opportunities, for civil and military aircraft.
I'm not particularly worried about the sector now, except for the skilled-worker part of it.
Conservative
Col John Cody
It's not training enough people.
The military is doing a lot of training for aerospace and defence. That's why the military has to constantly evolve. A lot of guys call IMP “Shearwater North” for good reason, but they still can't get enough guys to come and maintain these big contracts they've got.
They're going to be put in an opportunity to bid for the difficult threes and fours, not the big massive 200 aircraft fleets, but the threes and fours, and that's what they're getting. That's what they're building their workforce on now.
Conservative
Ron Cannan Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Thank you. That's why we're working with the post-secondary and the private sector—all of this together.
Thank you very much.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
Thank you.
That takes us to the end.
As the Chair observing the testimony, we certainly are encouraged by the lowering of tariffs in Newfoundland. I know some of the concerns there. I certainly hope it will raise the price of fish in Newfoundland and doesn't just stop at manufacturing. That's something we'll be certainly keeping our eye on as we proceed.
Thank you for your testimony. Thank you to the witnesses and the questioners.
Will that we will adjourn this session.