Transport committee  As I mentioned before, the wage subsidy is critically important for our industry. It has been beneficial in keeping employees, and it has been a lifeline. However, as I've talked about before, in order to really position the aerospace industry, number one, we need to have the air

Transport committee  Absolutely, yes. I think everyone would agree that the decisions need to be based on science. That being said, a strong aerospace industry in Canada contributes not only to the search and rescue helicopters that are flying, but to the military operations that are going on, and we

Transport committee  I think anything that supports our members is a good thing. As we've talked about before, and as I mentioned in my opening remarks, support for the airlines is also critical, because at the end of the day it's the airlines, at least on the civil side, that buy the planes we produ

Transport committee  Just on the issue of the wage subsidy, it's been an absolute lifeline for our industry. One of the things we would be looking for on that piece, moving forward, is an extension beyond when they have already indicated it wrapping up, for sectors like ours that are being harder hit

Transport committee  We're looking for a sector-specific approach. We could understand the sector-agnostic approach that they took previously. We didn't agree with that, but we're definitely looking for support for the sector and support for that overall strategy. I would agree with the other witness

Transport committee  That's why we're asking for a sector-specific approach and a sector-specific strategy, to have government working with industry to tackle some of those different issues that you mentioned. With respect to that overall strategy, it's something that is needed. It's timely and it h

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. We definitely appreciate the support of your colleague on our aerospace caucus. I would say that we have been asking for that sector-specific approach and sector-specific strategy, working in close collaboration with our colleagues in Quebec. We under

Transport committee  I assume that's in response to our Vision 2025 document. Members may be familiar with the Vision 2025 exercise that we undertook in 2018. At that time, we were concerned about the state of our industry vis-à-vis our international competitors. We had the Honourable Jean Charest jo

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. It's a pleasure to be here on behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. As most of you will know, our members represent over 95% of aerospace activity in Canada, covering the civil, defence and space sectors. Aer