Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I think you've raised the interesting point that the aerospace industry is found right across the country. It may not be in as many ridings as hotels, but right across the country, in every single region of the country, you have an aerospace sector.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. It's great to be here in person. We've been doing these virtually over the last few years, so this is my first time in person. Thank you very much for the invitation to be here today to discuss AIAC's key recommendations for the

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. Labour market challenges, as I said before, are across the board. I would be remiss not to say that we have a parliamentary aerospace caucus, with representation from the different parties. I know Mr. Boulerice is on that. We're working through some o

Government Operations committee  That's an excellent question, Mr. Housefather. It's really good seeing you again. It was good to see you at the great announcement earlier this week with respect to the extension of the Griffon helicopters. I want to thank you in particular for your planned engagement with the

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. It's a very good one. I hesitate to give a specific number, because it's so different, and a lot of times there are commercial sensitivities with some of those numbers. The assessment level and the amount of work that goes into these procurements,

Government Operations committee  We looked at some of the barriers a few years ago in our “Vision 2025” document. We really talked about how to buy for the benefit of Canadians. That was really the focus that we took a look at and is what we really advocate for with the government. We also took a look at procure

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Again, it is another great one. The number one challenge I keep hearing from industry right across the country is labour market concerns. I'm sure you're hearing that from a lot of other different industries also, but it's something we're seized wit

Government Operations committee  I'm originally from British Columbia too, so a lot of my family was caught in some of those floods, and it was the air access that actually got some of them out of the situations they were in, so it's absolutely critical. As we see with severe weather events, it's pretty importan

Government Operations committee  I would agree. Yes, competition is always good. More information is also good. Less complexity and more timeliness, predictability and certainty are absolutely needed. That's why we've been advocating for an aerospace strategy to really knit all of those things together. To yo

Government Operations committee  I would say the timeliness is absolutely a challenge there. There's also a challenge with respect to the need for a strategy. I keep coming back to that. How are we going to co-develop technologies to meet defence needs? How are we going to promote exports? How are we going to

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. In the aerospace strategy we're calling for—the defence industrial strategy—we're looking at how to leverage advanced air mobility. That's one of the future pieces out there, so we need to have discussions on that. Another one is space policy and planning. We also

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. It's an absolutely great one. There are some formal mechanisms where we do engage with government, but I think we need more. We definitely need more engagement on the upcoming defence policy review that the Minister of Defence has promised and tha

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Paul-Hus. I also want to acknowledge your service to our country. A lot of folks working in our industry are military, and ex-military, too, so I just wanted to acknowledge that. There are definitely some challenges there. That's why we keep going

Government Operations committee  More engagement with industry, above and beyond, would be helpful for industry to respond appropriately to the request for proposals or the request for information. That goes back to what we've been calling for quite a while now, which is that long-term national strategy with res

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. The delay was no problem. I actually enjoyed listening to the conversation. I really appreciate the committee's time and its interest in this important topic. It's a real pleasure to be here on behalf of the Aerospace Industrie