Mr. Chair, we addressed the technical drafting of the bill in a conceptual manner. For greater certainty, the order in council would simply name certain businesses, but subsection 10.2(1) applies to businesses that meet the criteria it contains.
In other words, the act “applies to any affiliate of the Corporation in respect of any undertaking that the affiliate owns or operates and that comes within the legislative authority of Parliament in respect of aeronautics, including [...].”
According to the measure that is provided for in the bill, in the case of a regulated business falling under the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada in respect of aeronautics, that business would be required to provide services in both official languages.
The word “including” has been used for greater certainty so that it is very clear for the general public. In other words, it could be a matter of interpretation in determining which businesses—because there are a number of them in the Air Canada empire—fall under federal jurisdiction and which ones do not.
The order in council makes it possible to help the general public understand which businesses are subject to federal jurisdiction, according to the government's position. It clarifies the facts, if you will. The question as to whether the business is federal or provincial is a question of law, of course, but also a question of fact.
So the order in council will apply the act in the context of the provision in question so that the general public is informed of which businesses, in Air Canada's corporate universe, are included and which ones are not.