National Defence committee  I'm not aware of that comment from 2008 about how the industry would benefit, so I'll put that right up front. In our case, we want to train the pilots and we want to train the maintenance technicians. In real life, whatever the aircraft, we would still try to do it. We're not l

National Defence committee  Yes, it is. The part that has to be a bit more clear is the part about the intellectual property and how we can use it if we're going to do in-service support. For your information, we do have 200 engineers working full time with L-3 on the maintenance of the aircraft, so we're d

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  Yes. I read that famous MOU from beginning to end.

National Defence committee  I see it quite differently. I'm not there to choose the aircraft. I think we have specialists at DND and the people who've done the work. I'm no fighter pilot; I've never sat in one in my whole life, so I'm not there to say which aircraft should be bought. I have no idea about th

National Defence committee  No, we don't, because that's the second part and it's not negotiated yet.

National Defence committee  Lockheed Martin can choose who they want and countries around the world can choose who they want in order to train their troops. As an example, in the United Kingdom, we train all the British troops and the NATO troops that go to Afghanistan. This is a contract we have. We are in

National Defence committee  I will begin. First of all, I hope that my understanding is accurate. The contract that has been signed deals with the purchase of aircraft. That is of more concern to the people beside me. It does not affect CAE, but does affect companies like Magellan Aerospace Corporation, Hér

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. LeBlanc. Yes, my ancestors were part of the Great Deportation. That is how we ended up in Quebec. As regards your first point on it being external, I agree with you. That would be a good thing. Unfortunately or fortunately, Canada signed an agreement in 1997 which

National Defence committee  Clearly, everyone would prefer to have guaranteed contracts. I think that is normal. Having said that, as regards the CH-47 and the C-130J, CAE competed. The Government of Canada put out an SOIQ, a solicitation of interest and qualification. We qualified with our Canadian par

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon and thank you for having invited me to discuss Canada's new generation of fighter jets, the F-35. CAE would like to reiterate its support for this program, which represents a very significant military procurement opportunity for the Canadi

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I am not in any position to make a judgment on that, but I think the Defence Department has some good teams and has probably made the right choice of equipment based on its needs. I certainly agree with what Claude said. There must be transparency. When a contract is signed, the

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Canada is doing absolutely everything it can to develop the aerospace industry. However, if you compare us to other countries... I will leave my own area of expertise for the moment, and talk about the aerospace industry as whole. The 747 was developed as a result of a contract

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Well, we are in a way. When we announced the C-17, Boeing agreed to buy two simulators from us. The value of the IRB, as I recall from my press release, was between $7 million and $8 million. So it's a beginning. If I may continue from this point on, one of the ways the Canadian

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  For what we could do.... Well, we couldn't do it. It's about a third. We have 3,500 people in Montreal and we have 1,000 working in Tampa, Germany, or Australia, where they add the military component that we aren't able to do.