Transport committee  Far be it for me to make suggestions to the Government of Canada or to the Parliament of Canada as to how it wants to revise its statutes going forward. We have, since 1985, complied with the Air Canada Public Participation Act. It is our obligation to comply with it going forw

Transport committee  There would be a certain element of emergency maintenance, if an engine were to fail, say, in a foreign base or if there needed to be substantial maintenance done when the aircraft was located outside of Canada, but that would not certainly be the primary option.

Transport committee  WestJet subcontracts entirely. They maintain none of their own maintenance.

Transport committee  It would be very difficult to quantify, because we don't have access to the arrangements, commercially, that a carrier like WestJet, for instance, has to go out and sort of determine, on a going forward basis, where the lowest cost for them to do maintenance is.

Transport committee  That's making a long series of assumptions about the workforce and the capacity that would be available and the actual metrics. One of the fundamental limitations in moving maintenance work is that you're actually moving the aircraft a good distance. Our maintenance bases in Mont

Transport committee  This goes to the Aeroman question, in El Salvador. It doesn't make a lot of sense to fly an aircraft to El Salvador to have it serviced. It's a fairly obvious calculation to make. In addition to any sort of bottom-line costs, you'd actually have to figure in the loss of productiv

Transport committee  I would invite the committee to take a look at the type of work that gets done in El Salvador. One can fairly rapidly independently make a determination on the realistic possibility that we would ever be able to move Air Canada work there. It services narrow-body aircraft. They d

Transport committee  Yes, the Air Canada Public Participation Act was created specifically for Air Canada. We have every intention of following the Air Canada Public Participation Act. We have no legal ability not to follow the Air Canada Public Participation Act.

Transport committee  But it's the Air Canada Public Participation Act, so it's about us.

Transport committee  Pardon?

Transport committee  Well, Parliament—

Transport committee  We can't speak to Aveos. Aveos is a separate entity. What we can tell you is that the Air Canada Public Participation Act applies to Air Canada. Air Canada will ensure that on a going forward basis it will be compliant with the Air Canada Public Participation Act. The law provid

Transport committee  If I can rephrase the question to what I think you're trying to get at, you're asking if Air Canada tried to willingly circumvent the Air Canada Public Participation Act?

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  No, they have the ability—I wouldn't want to make any insinuation. All of their stuff is Transport Canada certified. They're very, very safe. I would not want to leave that impression.