Mr. Speaker, there are 14 post-secondary aircraft technology training schools in Canada. The largest one was established in 1964 in Quebec. I am talking, of course, about the École nationale d'aérotechnique in Saint-Hubert, which has more than 1,350 students.
In order to promote traineeship outside the country for its students, the school has made alliances with some international networks to which Belgium and France also belong.
Recently, the Saint-Hubert institution signed a co-operation agreement with the Lycée professionnel privé of Blanchet, in Guadeloupe, to develop a training program on aircraft maintenance.
The development and implementation of this program mean that some training equivalency can be arranged between these two institutions. We must support and encourage the efforts made by the École nationale d'aérotechnique so that the qualifications of our graduates are recognized worldwide.