Mr. Speaker, a multi-million dollar bail out of poorly managed, privatized Air Canada should only be a last resort. Instead the Minister of Transport seems to be reaching for the cheque book before considering the alternatives.
Rather than throwing money at Air Canada, the government should consider other steps to cut costs that will help the entire industry such as reducing Nav Can and airport leasing fees, a reduction in fuel taxes and elimination of the government's security tax on air travellers.
Will the minister commit to all the other alternatives before dolling out even more money to Air Canada?