National Defence committee  Absolutely. We would be willing to table that report. Thanks for the question. I believe that report came out just before the pandemic. There is a section on defence procurement. It's “Buy for the benefit of Canada”, which is an important distinction on that side of things. We h

National Defence committee  Maybe I could start on that. It's not really a contradiction. You need to put that work into defining exactly where you want to go as a country with respect to a defence policy, and the government thus far has been lacking in that. That's really what's required here. In some case

National Defence committee  I would say we are recapitalizing the air force on a case-by-case basis, through a transactional approach right now. Without a long-term strategy in place, we'll keep going through this process of having a transactional approach. That's one of the recommendations we've made in ad

National Defence committee  I don't want to comment on a specific active procurement, just because we do have members on both sides of these issues. Again—and I'm going to sound a little bit like a broken record here—it goes back to the need for an aerospace strategy in Canada, to have had these types of c

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. One of the main things I spoke about at the beginning of my remarks was the need for an industrial strategy for defence and aerospace. It goes to many of the things that were spoken about here before. Industry thrives on predictability. Industry thriv

National Defence committee  I think that's on a case-by-case basis. Again, you need that industrial strategy and the policy from the government to make clear definitions. What are the key capabilities that we want to have here in the country? What's the capacity that we need to have? What makes the most sen

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada represents more than 90% of the Canadian aerospace industry, including the defence sector. I want to thank the committee for this study, as it is

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. It would be on a case-by-case basis, depending on the needs of the particular company. It would probably be a little bit of both. Obviously, if they have the hard skills that are required for the industry, that's an easier transition, but the leader

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. More collaboration is always best. We're fully supportive of a strategy to ensure that we can secure employment for veterans, but I think it's also broader than that. We've been talking a lot to government about the overarching need for an industrial

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that is the estimate for what is required for the aerospace and the aviation sectors. It's quite significant.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct. Those numbers are for the civilian side. I know there also are challenges on the military side, but I wouldn't be the best expert to talk about those numbers.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, that's what I was referring to. How do we get back the talent that we lost through the devastation of COVID-19? We were pleased with the $39 million that you referenced. That is going towards industry-led training. There's that skills mismatch, if you will, with the previou

Veterans Affairs committee  I am not a 100% sure. I don't believe it's pilot training. No, it's more on the manufacturing side.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  Just to be clear, this funding did not go to AIAC, but to the Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace. I think they'd probably be better placed to answer some of those very specific questions on the program. I don't want to mislead the committee.