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Industry committee I might have a comment on that.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee When we talk about an aerospace strategy, the reason we want a strategy like that is to also include a procurement strategy inside of that so that we have the benefit. Let's just take the example of the fighter jet. That fighter jet was supposed to be replaced over 20 years ago.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee Twenty years.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee Yes, absolutely. France has attached conditions to the funding they've invested to assist major businesses, which are now required to support the supply chain and small and medium-size enterprises. If there are no small and medium enterprises in the supply chain, as there are no
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee The airport is a community. We can't forget that. We talk about the pilots and the people on the aircraft serving passengers and things like that, but there's everything that goes on around it. There are small communities within the airports. There are baggage handlers, customer
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee No. I don't have that information. I didn't cost it out. I'm sorry about that.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee I will look into that and I'll get back to you.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee Absolutely.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee As Ms. BenoƮt said, we're currently able to build an aircraft from A to Z, both here and elsewhere in Canada. So we have mechanics who maintain the aircraft and build engines, assembly line workers who assemble the aircraft and people who work on the avionic suites you see inside
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee I think a very long-term strategy would help avoid the situations we've experienced in the past, as in the case of Bombardier. Having a long-term strategy that supports the industry in a structured way would help avoid systematically throwing away money that's not earmarked for
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee Exactly. It's a monumental error that creates a negative public perception. That perception will continue to be negative as long as we operate this way, even though the industry provides work for 200,000 employees.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee They are not. I have to be honest. A lot of the small and medium-sized businesses are using it. Some of the major ones, like Air Canada, are not, or they're partially using it. There haven't been obligations put on the employers to use it to keep people employed and at work. I be
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee Yes.
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee I agree with Mike on that. Before this pandemic, our industry had problems and we had massive labour shortages. Through this pandemic, right now what's happening is that our union has about 10,000 people on layoff, furlough or not at work currently. I know there are several t
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand
Industry committee I don't want to get into the specifics of which program. I don't think there's any sector-specific program right now. Essentially the programs that exist are not dedicated to aerospace, to our industry. That's one thing. I think we have a lack of structure. We have a lot of thing
March 9th, 2021Committee meeting
David Chartrand