Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, witnesses.
First of all, coming from the east coast, and coming from a province that's the only bilingual province in Canada, although I'm not bilingual myself I certainly appreciate the work of such committees and I appreciated seeing how wonderfully you guys put it all together at the Olympic Games. You deserve a lot of congratulations.
As a teacher, I was in a school where French immersion was being taught, and many students and parents brought their children into that. I find it depressing to hear Mr. Nadeau say that in Quebec it is just one language, and that's what's taught. We're trying to bring children into our community and it's the youth who are going to make the difference. It's the upcoming generation who are going to make the difference in Canada and make Canada the bilingual country it is, not just in New Brunswick, but right across, including Quebec as well.
So I'd like to say congratulations on a great job. But I also realize that with Air Canada you do face many challenges from day to day, and it's not always that you can have it go as smoothly as you would like it to go. But I know, in that situation, as well, you are doing a great job, and our government appreciates all the work you're doing.
May I ask if you have an idea of how much it costs Air Canada to maintain the Official Languages Act obligation?