Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Labour.
On August 26, 435 employees of Air Atlantic in St. John's and Halifax were given notice of termination as of midnight October 24. This is only eight weeks of notice. Under section 212 of the Canadian Labour Code there must be 16 weeks of notice of termination.
Subsequently the company applied for and was given a waiver. Now these employees out either eight weeks notice or salary in lieu of notice.
Why is the Minister of Labour taking money out of the pockets of these labourers and giving it to the company?