Mr. Chairman, the way this motion is currently worded, I would have to agree with the previous two speakers that indeed this may be seen as interference in the normal ongoing internal affairs of a corporation. However, Air Canada is not any normal corporation, in that it is subjected to some pretty stringent conditions and regulatory and legal requirements. If this is defeated...or perhaps Mr. Julian would be willing to entertain an amendment to the effect that, as a rule, it wouldn't be a bad thing for this committee to have Air Canada appear in front of it on a general discussion of aviation in Canada. In that sense, I would welcome having the ability to discuss with Air Canada certain matters--not this one, I wouldn't do that. Others may wish to raise it and they'll get the answer that such a question would deserve.
But if it remains this way, I can't support it either.