Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, the Competition Bureau was sidelined from its legislative responsibilities by section 47. That is what it is all about.
Then the minister asked the Competition Bureau, in a strange way, to address a very narrow parameter of proposals. The minister did not say “Competition Bureau, go find the best proposal for restructuring the industry that addresses competition for consumers and the industry”. He did not do that. He said “Just look at this one little narrow idea that I have. I have a great idea, just look at it”. It is effectively sidelined.
In fact, we just had testimony from another airline this morning. When I asked the president of the airline why section 47 was invoked, he said “It was to circumvent the airline merger review process”, contrary to what the minister just said.