Madam Speaker, this is more by way of an observation. If the member wishes to comment, I would welcome it.
During his dissertation and that of most of the Bloc members preceding him, the word privatization was used over and over again. Also the government used the word privatization in connection with the commercialization of air traffic control. There is a very real difference between privatization and commercialization.
This is commercialization which is putting the air navigation on a self-sustaining, commercial basis. It is not being privatized. The essence of privatization is the ability to fail. The air navigation system in Canada will not be put into a position where it may fail or go bankrupt. It will face no competition. It is being commercialized. The net result is the cost to Canadians will not necessarily be diminished. It will be taken off the government books and run as a private not for profit organization.
It will not be allowed to fail. It will have the ability to raise prices to ensure it maintains its service, just as the post office has done.
We need to make a clear distinction over the course of the next few years between privatization, which is devolving from the government to a private agency which can fail, which has the ability to fail, and commercialization, which is taking it off the government books and making it self-sustaining.