Mr. Speaker, the government is standing still while everything else in the airline industry is moving. Surely the government has an obligation to be more specific about a policy framework for the airline industry. For example, both the Onex-Canadian proposal and the Air Canada-Lufthansa-United proposal envision a major role for foreign air carriers and investors.
Where does the government stand on the current rules for foreign ownership and participation in the industry? Does it endorse the current rules or does it have plans to revise them?