Industry committee  To go farther, it's going to take more than a minute. The short answer is yes.

Industry committee  You have only to look at the massive innovation engine that the U.S. Department of Defence represents to understand how government can use public procurement spending to generate innovation in an aerospace industry. The government can use and leverage the money that it spends to

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  That is harder to quantify, and it would certainly take more than a minute to answer. It varies, depending on which company you are talking about.

Industry committee  Basically.

Industry committee  Global competition, because only the companies that manage to figure out a way to do it can compete globally, so being unproductive just isn't an option.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, thank you. I will attempt to follow good advice that I was once given about attending these things, which is to be bright, be brief, and be gone. I will attempt to do that. Maybe I'll just have to speak a little quickly. I want to start with two statements, which I'll

Finance committee  Replacing the CF-18s will be one of the largest expenditures that Canada has ever made in the aerospace sector. The entire sector is watching the current process that's under way with a great deal of interest to see exactly what the decision will be on how to proceed with that pr

Finance committee  I don't have the numbers.

Finance committee  Well, it's obviously large, because it's a very large procurement. It's also very large for the Department of National Defence. Those fighter jets are an important part of our sovereignty and security, and they need to be replaced.

Finance committee  Yes, I think they are absolutely essential. Our large aerospace companies will tell you that they need to expand globally in order to be competitive, and our small aerospace companies will tell you that they're looking forward to other people expanding into Canada to allow them

Finance committee  There are a number. They tend to be a bit involved, so they're probably not something I would take the committee's time with, but I can certainly provide examples of success stories of that kind.

Finance committee  Let's take the entire global example of the DHC-2 Beaver, which was developed because Canada had a north and bush that had to be exploited, on up to the CSeries jet, which is the most advanced modern airliner flying. There is, if you follow it, a direct line from one all the way

Finance committee  —with a domino effect. In that case, it answered an absolutely unique Canadian need that developed the expertise that eventually became the CSeries jet, which as mentioned earlier is an extremely green airliner. It's very fuel-efficient; it's very quiet; it is the epitome of an

Finance committee  Yes.