Mr. Speaker, yesterday, during oral question period, the leader of Bloc Quebecois and the hon. member for Beauport—Montmorency— Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans both asked questions about an article recently printed in Le Devoir and signed by Marc Lalonde.
Marc Lalonde is a former minister who, I believe, was respected by all parties in this House. He wrote that “A promise or commitment to authorize a merger of the two carriers without knowing how the act will be amended is pernicious and dangerous”.
The Minister of Transport replied:
I respect the qualities of my former colleague, Mr. Lalonde. Yesterday, he gave his opinion in an article in the daily Le Devoir , but I must point out that Mr. Lalonde is a lawyer and that his company works for Air Canada.
Fine. But we read in the same newspaper that the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Louis is also opposed to fiddling with the 10% limit. Could the minister tell us which company the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Louis works for? I would like to hear what my colleague, the hon. member for Lévis, has to say on this score.