Earlier, Mr. D'Amours said that when Air Canada was privatized, it was subject to the Official Languages Act. The people in this company knew what they were getting into. What they didn't realize is that things would no longer be the same when the Liberals forced Air Canada to buy Canadian Airlines Limited. The only alternative for Canadian Airlines Limited was to be bought out by an American company. So the people from that company were stuck with the workers from Air Canada.
I had certain concerns in that regard because of this. If you look at part II of the employment insurance legislation, there are amounts granted to provide training to people in the private sector, not only in the public sector. I believe that Quebec receives over $800 million and New Brunswick over $100 million per year to offer training.
So if there is an obligation to provide bilingual services, as the act stipulates, do you really believe that the government should completely ignore Air Canada as it is doing and refuse to provide it access to training programs? Whether it be to perform a basic job or exercise responsibilities linked to bilingualism, don't you believe that the government could help Air Canada provide training and thus ensure that the act is respected?