Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for joining us today. It's always a great opportunity to hear from departmental officials.
I want to start with a quick anecdote, which will lead into my first question.
Typically, I fly Air Canada when I travel back and forth to my riding, and that's London to Ottawa, or London to Toronto to Ottawa, so they're fairly short flights. I've always been very impressed with Air Canada's bilingual staff on those flights. This morning I had to take an alternate route to get back here in time because I was at an event in my riding last night, so I took WestJet. I was quite surprised that on both legs of those flights the flight attendants and at least one of the captains were also fluently bilingual. I was quite pleased and surprised by that, due to the fact that they're not subject to the Official Languages Act. That is, I think, a positive thing to see, and it leads me into my first question.
We know that Air Canada, as you mentioned, is the only one subject to the Official Languages Act, other than for safety briefings. Has the department given any consideration to extending parts of the Official Languages Act to other airlines?