I'm trying to find my notes. In 1988-1989, as part of the deregulation of the air transportation industry, the Government of Canada privatized Air Canada under the act we're discussing by selling the government's shares in the air carrier. That's how that was done.
That transaction entailed a series of obligations, that is to say that, when the privatization was announced, those who wanted to acquire Air Canada had to undertake to meet commitments with respect to the Official Languages Act.
We are here today because we observed, following the virtual bankruptcy of that business and its rebirth or recovery, that there were situations where the Official Languages Act was no longer being complied with. So we find ourselves in a situation where, as parliamentarians, we have to restore the provisions of the act so that what was previously there was complied with.