Transport committee  No, there is a nuance that I would add to your comment. The requirement is that Air Canada include in its articles of continuance the obligation to maintain the centres in the three areas you indicated. So it is an indirect obligation; it is not a direct obligation. The obligatio

Transport committee  In my introductory comments, I drew a distinction between direct obligations, such as official languages obligations, and that is a direct obligation on Air Canada, which the Government of Canada is responsible for enforcing. There is a different kind of obligation that exists

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to be here today to talk about how the Air Canada Public Participation Act, ACPPA, sets out the obligation for Air Canada to maintain in its articles of continuance a provision that it would maintain its operations and overall centres in three

Transport committee  The Canadian Transportation Agency can investigate any complaints that pertain to licences it has issued. In the sense that a foreign carrier is not living within the parameters of its tariffs, its terms and conditions, complaints could be registered against that carrier and the

Transport committee  It depends on what the parameters are that the carrier is not living within. In some cases they may require compensation. In some cases there may be a penalty levied on the carrier. It depends on what the behaviour is and how it's regulated.

Transport committee  In an extreme situation, absolutely, they could suspend the licence.

Transport committee  The minister's discretion is there to take into account the policy considerations that should underpin a regulation to look at the context, domestic and international, to look at what other jurisdictions are doing, not just domestically but in terms of key partners, the United St

Transport committee  The complaints mirror roughly the market share that the carriers have in the Canadian marketplace at the present time.

Transport committee  That's on the domestic scene, but it also includes complaints against foreign carriers as well.

Transport committee  I would note that in our compromised wording we have indicated that systemic trends will be part of what's observed. So some of the comments you've just made, Mr. Bell, would be captured in the kind of information that we are ensuring that the agency will continue to provide as

Transport committee  As we indicated, because this is not information that's currently assessed, I don't know the answer to that.

Transport committee  I did not say that it was not a good thing to do. I did say that it is inappropriate in this particular bill.

Transport committee  You're asking a policy question. I'm not sure we're here to debate policy writ large; we're here to debate the bill--I thought.

Transport committee  I think, in the first instance, because it would be a brand new policy initiative, it would be something that the government would have to take under consideration and take to cabinet in terms of assessing the cost implications and the most appropriate method of pursuing it. That

Transport committee  I'm not aware that carriers are keeping the information that you're proposing.