Thank you very much.
I too want to thank you both for coming in and for your presentation. I found it very compelling.
I too lament the lack of a Canadian industrial strategy, and I think that fits into your presentation today. I fear a loss of autonomy and a loss of the ability of our government to have an independent foreign policy if we are reliant on foreign companies for maintenance and in-service support of our own military aircraft.
My colleague Mr. Bachand talked about a coordinated strategy with other industrial players, other companies. I know that in my province of British Columbia, jobs in the aerospace industry are above the level of the average industrial paying job. So I'm wondering if you've worked with or had any communication with the workers in your industry, and whether, when you are talking about a coordinated strategy, that would include the unions, which are potentially losing jobs in this field.
In British Columbia, some of the jobs for aircraft maintenance are leaving Air Canada. There are people who I know are well trained and who are unable to do aircraft maintenance work. So I fear a loss of family-supporting, well-paying jobs in Canada for Canadian people in this industry.
I wanted to ask you which DND aircraft--you mentioned the Aurora and the Sea King--you're currently contracted to work on. Are there more than that?
You talked about how many jobs depend right now on in-service support. I wanted to know if you could give us some estimate of how many potential jobs, Canadian family-supporting jobs, we may be in danger of losing through this contract that we've signed and by having in-service support done by U.S. companies. Can you give us an estimate of how many potential well-paying jobs are in jeopardy?