Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Fraser, thank you for coming here.
We are pleased to welcome you here once again, but today we do so in a more official manner.
I would also like to thank you for your comments. My comments will focus on two aspects of the Air Canada situation. These are matters that I raised with Minister Cannon when he appeared before us. I am sure that you have read the comments made on that day.
Mr. Commissioner, I told the minister that it appeared contradictory, in my view, to come forward with legislation, which is nonetheless necessary, when in fact the government advertising appearing in the October 2006 edition of enRoute, Air Canada's in-flight magazine, is not bilingual.
Everything that Air Canada publishes within this magazine is bilingual, and here I refer to the articles and everything else. It is incredible. This publication demonstrates tremendous respect for linguistic duality. But on page 87, much to our great surprise, the Government of Canada has some unilingual English advertising in the same magazine. This is contradictory. I would like to hear your comments on the matter.
It is somewhat of a contradiction to tell Air Canada that the government will be implementing certain mechanisms to ensure that the company provides French services to francophones, and then the francophone traveller who flips through the enRoute magazine finds government advertising where the only bilingual aspect is the wording Gouvernement du Canada, printed beside Government of Canada.
I would like to hear your views on the matter. I have a second question that I would like to ask you later.