Thank you.
Through you, Mr. Chairman, to Mr. Page, you mentioned that you felt that it was the role of Industry Canada to keep track of how many jobs arise to see how we're doing in terms of employment as one of the secondary benefits of having claimed that it will do the best job for our military.
Among your membership I noticed a number of companies that have plants in my riding, such as Arnprior Aerospace, Magellan, Pacific Safety Products, E.T.M. Industries, and Allen Vanguard, through Med-Eng. That's just a few out of your 860 members.
Because we have our primary contractors subbing, it's very difficult for government to know what the chain of contracting is all the way down the line. There may be companies that we would never anticipate would benefit. My question to you is whether you would survey your membership to find out how many person-hours are estimated to be gained as a consequence of this particular procurement.