I would like to come back to what the parliamentary secretary said earlier about websites and the like.
That was a real eye opener. I hope I misunderstood what you were saying. You stated that companies from outside Canada could run contests on the Internet and award prizes. We have no way of knowing if what they are doing is always legal. So far, so good.
What I am wondering is whether or not the government's open skies policy will lead to a similar problem. If that is the case, it would mean that an open skies policy would allow competitors to attract business here with false advertising, by quoting air fares that are not accurate, etc. I have a problem with that.
I hope that is not the case, otherwise I might be tempted to support Mr. McGuinty's motion and make the other companies operating in Canada play by the same rules. With the open skies policy, if the foreign airlines want to compete with ours, then I understand why there is some reluctance, particularly if questionable advertising could be used to undermine our domestic airlines. So the problem involves both advertising as well as the open skies policy.