Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I thank the two witnesses for being with us here today.
First, I would like to point to the peculiarity of this bill, which authorizes the loss of 2,600 jobs in our country, legalizes this and makes some vague promise that we may some day have a centre of excellence which would do the maintenance on the 45 C Series aircraft, if ever Air Canada really purchases them.
Let us understand each other; we are not talking about the same thing at all. Let's talk about Montreal. In 2012, before Aveos went bankrupt, 300 planes were maintained each year by qualified people in the Montreal area, whereas here we are being promised that there may be work maintaining 45 airplanes, some time in the future.
I would also like to mention to the witnesses that people may be concerned about the quality of the work to be done offshore.
There is a document from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada that mentions that Canadian aircraft manufacturers pay higher initial costs in order to integrate global supply chains, but they also accept higher risks. That sets off alarm bells.
Do you know what kind of risk we are talking about? What is it that Canadian aircraft manufacturers are putting at risk in global supply chains? In your opinion, what are the risks we are talking about?