That is not what we have heard. At any rate, even if these companies are covered by existing legislative provisions on official languages, they do not adhere to them. I do not know what we can do about that. I am going to move on to another subject.
You are asking for government funding for the services you provide in French. However, everybody agrees that Air Canada is a private company. Nevertheless, you argue that:
If it is indeed the desire of the government to achieve a public policy objective by imposing additional official language obligations on a private corporation, Air Canada [...]
I am struggling to understand what you mean by that. Canada is officially a bilingual country. These obligations are not unique to Air Canada.