I have one failing in my life: I am a lawyer by training. When an enactment says "may", it means something may be done, and it may also not be done.
It means that Air Canada is given complete discretion as to whether or not to preserve the jobs. When I saw the fancy footwork and the answers I heard from the two Air Canada representatives, I was not reassured, particularly because the legislation was clear: Air Canada had to keep maintenance services in the three large Canadian cities and it failed to do so. Now Air Canada is being given complete freedom to subcontract those jobs.
If you read between the lines even the least bit, it is clear that the two representatives who came here told you that the jobs must be competitive and the wages must be competitive. Someone asked the question of whether wages are the only thing at issue and whether the unions should lower their wage demands. They certainly did not say no. Last year, Air Canada negotiated a reopening of the collective agreement to get two wage scales. A pilot at Jazz earns $38,000 a year. That is a lower wage than a Montreal city bus driver. At some point, it has to stop.