Madam Speaker, I want to address one more time the issue of safety, particularly the preamble the hon. member has been alluding to along with his colleagues in the Bloc.
I will not go through it again. I stood after the last speaker and explained how safety is our first priority. It is in the bill. Clause 5 clearly establishes the supremacy of the Aeronautics Act. Clause 14 provides another example where it requires changes in services to be consistent with the Aeronautics Act and regulations made pursuant to that act.
Let us talk for just one moment on the preamble, like the one proposed by the Bloc Quebecois in Motion No. 1. Let us first look at what that preamble states: "Whereas the safety of passengers, personnel, air carriers and the public has priority over all other considerations in business decisions taken by Nav Canada". That sounds pretty good. Why would we not have a motion like that off the top of a bill that talks about passengers, personnel, air carriers and the public having priority over all other considerations in business decisions?
There is a reason and it is why the government had to vote down Motion No. 1 put forward by the Bloc. The one proposed here is silent. For example it does not say a word about the respect of safety of private and recreational aviation. It does state air carriers. By air carriers we mean Air Canada, Canadian, the big guys, but it is silent on private and recreational aviation.
How can anyone ask the government to put in a preamble to a bill when it is void of something as critical as private and recreational aviation? It is covered in the bill because the Aeronautics Act has supremacy. It is in the Aeronautics Act and therefore it is covered.
Bill C-20 ensures that safety is our top priority. It ensures that Nav Canada will ensure that safety is its top priority. The question of a preamble is a good one but unfortunately this one was lacking and had to be voted against.