Finance committee  Can I just say something from the machinists' side, from the IAM? One of the things that we're looking at is that we have to have consumer confidence. One of the things that is taking a while for people to understand is that the air transportation industry asks people to have c

Finance committee  We represent a lot of workers in the U.S., and the issue for defence is high on the demand. I can honestly say that in Canada we have to actually spend some.... We should have resources put together so that we have our own sector in Canada, instead of depending on other countries

Finance committee  I'll just wrap it up by saying that because we're in an international market and with the free trade agreements, we should be looking at different forms of how we're going to do this. I can tell you from the transportation sector that it will take 18 months, minimum, to actually

Finance committee  I can only say that we haven't seen the benefits yet in the airline industry. We haven't even seen the finished results of the layoffs yet because, and I say this in complete agreement with most people in the airline industry, it's a day-to-day issue. We are seeing things changin

Finance committee  As I say, we are an international union. I got an email today indicating that defence companies are giving front-line people a $200 bonus each week because their jobs are essential services. We have others in health care who are being compensated with a wage subsidy since, becau

Finance committee  I will answer the first part. I just want to emphasize that we have sat down with multiple employers to ask them to come up with a protocol for the front-line people. In some cases, for example for the screeners under CATSA, the employers are using what they call Health Canada'

Finance committee  Yes, we do.

Finance committee  In our view, we represent members who do repair and overhaul in the defence sector. We also represent the shipbuilding industry. One of the things that we need to do is to ensure that those are protected and, yes, there should be something that's put into play for that.

Finance committee  Washington has a lot larger issue with the defence side than we do. I just want to emphasize that we do a lot of work for the Americans, which is obviously now in jeopardy because of the borders being closed. The other thing that you have to keep in mind is that we have our diff

Finance committee  I'm just going to wrap it up right now.

Finance committee  The other part that needs to be addressed is people who are in work that is part-time and multi-employer, with no benefits. We need to be able to address that as a government. Thank you very much, and thanks for the time.

Finance committee  My name is actually Gord Falconer. It's not Derek Ferguson.

Finance committee  My name is Gordon Falconer. I'm the chief of staff for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, representing workers across the country. I want to start by saying thank you for inviting the International Association of Machinists to participate. The IAM