Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. It's a real pleasure to be here on behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. Our members represent over 95% of aerospace activity in Canada, covering the civil, defence and space sectors. I'm especially happy to se

Finance committee  Excellent. Thanks for the question, MP Baker. I must say that we really appreciate the support you've given us specifically. We had companies trying to respond to the needs in Ukraine, and I know that you were instrumental in helping connect some dots for us. It was all hands on

Finance committee  That's a great question, MP Baker. Thanks for that. With respect to investment, we're definitely looking at innovation across the board. We've seen phenomenal increases with our industry with respect to green aviation. That's a big focus. With respect to defence particularly, t

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. I really appreciate your support for the industry and your interest in it. We're going to provide a written submission to the committee, but maybe just at a high level, these are some concerns that we've seen with the bill as it is. Our f

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I would just say that part of it is the manufacturing, but one part that's also there is the maintenance, repair and overhaul on those used planes. There's a segment of the supply chain that would be impacted regardless. David is right. There is a per

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. Absolutely. I think you mentioned the economic impact assessment. We're very concerned with the understanding that it hadn't been done, again just by the results we've seen by going out and surveying our members. It's 1,000 jobs and a billion dollars

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Maybe I can just chime in on that. It's absolutely right, what David said. It is in every region of the country that we're going to see the impacts. You often think of the larger OEMs, but you have the engine makers who put their engines on those planes. You have the landing sys

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. Again, as I said before, the industry needs predictably and certainty. While we were encouraged by the minister's comment, we haven't seen anything concrete, so we're really looking toward some concrete measures on this. As I said, the legislation is

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. The delay was no problem. I actually enjoyed listening to the conversation. I really appreciate the committee's time and its interest in this important topic. It's a real pleasure to be here on behalf of the Aerospace Industrie

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Paul-Hus. I also want to acknowledge your service to our country. A lot of folks working in our industry are military, and ex-military, too, so I just wanted to acknowledge that. There are definitely some challenges there. That's why we keep going

Government Operations committee  More engagement with industry, above and beyond, would be helpful for industry to respond appropriately to the request for proposals or the request for information. That goes back to what we've been calling for quite a while now, which is that long-term national strategy with res

Government Operations committee  I would agree. Yes, competition is always good. More information is also good. Less complexity and more timeliness, predictability and certainty are absolutely needed. That's why we've been advocating for an aerospace strategy to really knit all of those things together. To yo

Government Operations committee  I would say the timeliness is absolutely a challenge there. There's also a challenge with respect to the need for a strategy. I keep coming back to that. How are we going to co-develop technologies to meet defence needs? How are we going to promote exports? How are we going to