The news article placed in the papers today indicates the long and torturous process that this whole issue has taken through the courts. And it's not finished. That is why we are asking Parliament to act as quickly as possible.
In actual fact that's a misappreciation of the actual finding of the court. The court was unequivocal, saying that paragraph 15(1)(c) in fact offended the charter and it was not saved by section 1 of the act.
There was a technicality in relation to something that applies only to pilots, and that is a little more technical than I'm in a position to explain. It has to do with accommodating and scheduling pilots of a given age; they have to be different ages in the cockpit. But that is not enough to undermine the essential holding of the court, which is that this section on its face not only offends the charter but it's not saved by section 1 of the charter.
Of course it is anticipated that Air Canada and the pilots union will appeal this to the next level of court. That is why we implore this committee and Parliament to move as quickly as possible to finally, once and for all, end legislated age discrimination.