Finance committee  Yes, I would actually support that. I don't think it's something that will create an impact on jobs. When we're talking about income inequality, that's a perfect example of where we can get some money for our social programs and where we can fairly tax people who are, I would say

Finance committee  Regarding the impact that it would have on our members, many of our members are already covered by dental plans in many of the collective agreements. For the ones who aren't, for the ones who don't have that coverage, it would mean less out-of-pocket money. It would mean, for the

Finance committee  The message I would like to send to them is clear: all the time we waste before acting on this does not reduce the concerns. As you know, companies have already cancelled orders for business aircraft. In addition, some orders are currently on hold. The longer we wait, the more

Finance committee  Evidently, it's going to impact the supply chain. This tax is clearly going to affect direct manufacturers but also businesses in the supply chain. In Ontario alone, two of the largest companies in the aerospace supply chain, Safran Landing Systems and Aerotek, are also going to

Finance committee  This will certainly damage our reputation. Would you like me to speak in French or English?

Finance committee  When principals decide to locate in Canada to work in aircraft or parts manufacturing, for example, they evaluate three aspects: labour availability, supply chain and government support. Of course, it's like a three-legged stool, and if you take one of those legs away, the stool

Finance committee  There are already existing provisions in the legislation where we can tax people. We can tax on the usage of aircraft like that. One of the things that we also could do is take a look at used business aircraft. Right now, we're taxing the manufacturer in the way that we're doing

Finance committee  Thank you for your questions, Mr. Ste-Marie. What I want to say is that, of course, we can't not agree with what Mike has said industry is saying. As stakeholders in this, as the members who are working in this industry—and I said this in my opening statement—we've lost 30,000 j

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. I want to thank the committee for giving the IAM some time to voice our concerns on behalf of labour within this industry. We represent thousands of members, SMEs and OEMs in this important sector of the Canadian economy, across Ca