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House Hansard - 257

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, BQ)
  • Nov/28/23 3:02:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today, Unifor and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represent tens of thousands of aerospace workers in Quebec, are on the Hill. We welcome them. They are here to say that Ottawa has no business giving Boeing more than $8 billion of our money, untendered, to replace the Aurora aircraft. It is a farce. Those are not my words. It is Michael Hood, former commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who said that. The workers are demanding that Quebec's expertise get a chance to compete. Will Ottawa finally do the right thing and run a competition?
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, I thank our colleague for acknowledging the expertise of aerospace workers not only in Quebec, but also in Canada. That is why the decision we will soon be making is an important one, both for securing the military and geopolitical needs of Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces, but also for continuing to support Canada's aerospace sector. We know that this represents roughly 220,000 jobs created every year, contributing somewhere around $20 billion to our GDP.
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for giving me the opportunity to focus on talents and needs, the talents of all aerospace workers in Canada. There are so many of them. We rely on them every day to support the needs of the Canadian Armed Forces. They have done a lot over the past few decades, and we know that we can count on them in the years to come.
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