It is important to point out, by the way, that the government party said that it is not up to this committee to dictate the department's program. But this is an invitation to introduce a bill. As Mr. Bélanger said, the same invitation was extended in the previous Parliament, unanimously, in fact. I just want that noted for the record.
Mr. Trottier also said that, because the Commissioner of Official Languages has tabled a report on Air Canada, we should wait to see what would be done with it. This is not a question of waiting to see whether Air Canada says that it is complying with this, that or the other. It is a question of passing new legislation so that Air Canada has a law to abide by. That is something that the Commissioner of Official Languages cannot ask for. Even if Air Canada says that it has decided to comply, it could do the opposite in two years.
The act protects both languages. We are here to enact legislation, not to ask people to please get together to make things work.