Transport committee  We actually put a bid in for the maintenance of these Embraers, and Air Canada decided to try our facility, where we demonstrated our expertise and our turnaround time and high standards of quality, which they appreciated. They later increased the quantity of aircraft to Premier

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  I believe there should be some type of growth, because I understand that Air Canada began to perform additional line maintenance work, which increased the number of maintenance employees with regard to line maintenance. I know what the growth was for Premier, but I can't tell you

Transport committee  For Premier, it was about 130 additional employees. When we began on the Embraer fleet, that caused a shortage of space for Premier Aviation, and therefore we moved towards the purchase of another MRO facility in Quebec City that was on the verge of closing down. There were 139 e

Transport committee  Of course, we would still be able to bid on other contracts, but taking away the C Series and Air Canada would definitely be a big loss to Premier Aviation.

Transport committee  I agree. It's going to prohibit us from creating new jobs with the centres of excellence. Also, we would be putting at risk the jobs that we presently have in place with all of our facilities. Therefore, I believe that Bill C-10 is very important to Premier Aviation and to all of

Transport committee  I'm not certain exactly who bid on that. We know that Premier Aviation did. We bid on most of the fleet. I can't indicate exactly what types right now, but we were one of the bidders for sure.

Transport committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting us to this committee to speak about Premier Aviation and Bill C-10. My name is Ron Di Bartolo and I am the president and CEO of Premier Aviation. I'm joined by my colleague Jean-Pierre Bastien, vice-president of opera