Mr. Speaker, the policy of the government with respect to our two major carriers is one of even-handedness. Air Canada for example, the company the hon. member is concerned about, is flying to Asia, Hong Kong and Japan for the first time as a result of decisions by this government.
I would remind the hon. member, with respect to the route to Hong Kong he mentioned, we negotiated with the Hong Kong authorities who agreed with exactly the number of flights per week that Air Canada asked for. The result was that when Air Canada established its route shortly after we had been dealing with the Hong Kong government and the Hong Kong authorities, it now wishes to have a change. The trouble is that Hong Kong has many things on its mind at the present time, including the establishment of a brand new facility on Lan Tao Island which will indeed be the world's most modern airport when it is opened.
We cannot constantly go back to every one of the 2,000 to 3,000 air bilateral agreements we have whenever one airline or another-