My second question is to follow up on the comments made by one of our witnesses, whom I will also quote. His testimony was in English. He was the representative of the Air Line Pilots Association International.
The quote is as follows:
ALPA would like to comment on one other provision of this draft legislation, and that's clause 12, the power of the minister to designate organizations to act on the minister's behalf in certain areas. ALPA is of the strong view that this designation power must not be granted for commercial passenger and cargo operations. We note that the legislative language is quite broad, subject to regulations on which stakeholders are to be consulted, through the Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council, or CARAC. We have been advised by Transport Canada officials that this provision is meant to address only low-risk, non-air-transport areas of the aviation industry. We recommend that the committee obtain, for the record, such an undertaking from the minister.
When asked, the witness confirmed that this had been given to them by Mr. Preuss. When Mr. Preuss came here, I couldn't ask that question. It will be my first question for him today.
Is this an accurate statement from the representative of ALPA?