Thank you.
In 2016, you illegally laid off 1,800 Aveos employees. You then threatened to halt the purchase of 45 Airbus A220s, which are made in Mirabel, and to hold back plans to create a centre of excellence if the federal government did not change the law to accommodate you. Five years later, that centre of excellence still does not exist, and you cancelled 12 of the 45 aircraft that should have been ordered.
Now, Air Canada has received more than $500 million in wage subsidies. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, or IAMAW, has informed us that you are having your aircraft maintained in the United States and having the Boeing 737s converted in Great Britain, while unemployed Quebeckers could be doing that work.
Do you think that Air Canada should keep its promises and stop consistently ignoring Quebec workers in order to prove that it is a good corporate citizen before taking advantage of taxpayers' money?