Mr. Speaker, I have two points I wish to put to the hon. member opposite.
He says there are no protections for the French language, as others in the Bloc have said. He ignores the fact that article 20 of the Nav Canada bylaws requires the corporation to comply with the Department of Transport practices and procedures with respect to bilingualism with regard to the Canadian air navigation service in effect as of the date of incorporation, a year ago last month, and to comply with any provision of the Official Languages Act. There are respect and protections for the French language in Bill C-20. I assure the member of that.
On a more important note, again the Bloc brings into question this issue of the Aéroport de Montréal and its role as the local authority, charged with the responsibility of operating the airports at Dorval and Mirabel.
It is passing strange the raison d'être of Bloc Quebecois is to relegate to provincial authority as much control from the federal institution on matters of social and economic policy. When the federal authority transfers responsibility like the operation and management of the airports to local authorities, the ADM, the Bloc says "no thank you, the local authority does not have the competence to handle the issue on these two airports and the federal government should step into this issue".
Which way does the Bloc want it? It cannot have it both ways.