Transport committee  It means that we have to go on good faith with a company that for four years did not respect the law, and that we have no signatures. It was said here today that there are no signatures. It was said that there is a possibility of 1,300 jobs. For me, I have an issue with the possi

Transport committee  I'd like to address that question as well. You have a company that says it will work to create a centre of excellence. If they can't be competitive in maintenance here, why would they do that? That's the question you have to ask yourself. They're saying that they're going to crea

Transport committee  In my mind, any company that could obtain a contract with Air Canada would not be seen very well coming here and talking against what Air Canada wants to do. Air Canada wants this bill to go through, and I don't believe that any employer who wishes to obtain work would be comfort

Transport committee  My assessment is that we can be competitive in Canada. I did not hear anybody say the contrary to that, even in the testimony of the two people who were here before us. Nobody said we cannot be competitive. That's number one. Number two, they were saying that maintenance costs

Transport committee  We urge this committee to send Bill C-10 back to the House with the following recommendations: Remove the new subsection (4) pertaining to maintenance activities. We ask that the jobs and this industry be maintained in Canada and that the government continue to invest in and sup

Transport committee  I would like to answer that. On a number of occasions, since the minute the Liberal government was elected, we have sent letters and started trying to communicate with Minister Garneau, and we also sent 90 letters to different MPs explaining to them that it was important for us

Transport committee  Good afternoon, and thank you. My name is David Chartrand, Quebec coordinator for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Canada. As my colleague said earlier, we have serious concerns with the introduction of Bill C-10. In particular, clause 2 expl

Transport committee  Do we follow the order that was given to us?

Transport committee  Okay, I believe we were first in the order .