Transport committee  We all know that the provinces and the mayors of the cities are prepared to support us. Yet, all we are hearing from the Conservative government right now is that there is no bailout plan. The government has no intention of helping us. Today, we are really here to talk to the go

Transport committee  With regard to Aveos, the sale was complete in 2007, but the jobs were not transferred until July 2011. Today, eight months later, everyone is out on the street. Last year, I attended a meeting of the same parliamentary committee. All the same people may not have been there but

Transport committee  I have been part of the company from the beginning of this process. This is just my opinion, but I do not believe that all the managers who were transferred to Aveos were fully aware of the plan that brought us to where we are today. I think that all these decisions were made by

Transport committee  I think that people are beginning to have a clearer understanding of what is happening. As I explained a few weeks ago, there is a spirit underlying this act. You are all parliamentarians and you all know how it works when a law is established. A legislative committee meets and t

Transport committee  I know that Aveos is downsizing. Many people are leaving. There are about three people left to take care of some 2,600 employees. That is not a very big team and it is unable to even provide employees with termination forms right now. We have mentioned how these employees are not

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely. There are managers who moved directly from Air Canada to Aveos.

Transport committee  In my opinion, right now, the law is not being respected.

Transport committee  I am not surprised. The fact that Aveos managers do not want to appear before the committee just shows that they have something to hide. No, I am not surprised. That is the only answer I can give you in this regard.

Transport committee  I have not been told that, but you may have a point.

Transport committee  It could be a result of the fact that we are putting pressure on the governments and we are trying to get our employees back to work. Managers are perhaps exerting pressure in another way, by not paying employees or by not giving them their termination forms. It would be really—

Transport committee  It is not said.

Transport committee  Ms. Chow, you hit the nail on the head. Minister Flaherty said—not all the way back in 1988 but just last year—that Air Canada was complying with the act because Aveos was a subsidiary. Aveos was using Air Canada's facilities, but now it is no longer doing so. We are not going al

Transport committee  The government has a responsibility. Whether it be Aveos, Lufthansa Technik or any other company, Air Canada must guarantee the contracts. No investor is going to get involved if Air Canada does not guarantee that the contracts will go to these cities. It is in the spirit of the

Transport committee  I will let my colleague from Winnipeg answer that question.

Transport committee  I would just like to clarify that we did not organize the job fair. I believe it was organized by former Aveos managers. We are not the ones who organized it, and that is fine.