Official Languages committee  No, these are the hours received by the employees. We'll be providing you with further details to explain the numbers. I'm sorry about the confusion.

Official Languages committee  I'd like to add my own comments, Mr. Chair. You're right, Ms. Kayabaga. With respect to official language minority communities, we are all collectively responsible for supporting these people and improving their conditions. At Air Canada, we reviewed our community support progra

Official Languages committee  Can I provide some details, Mr. Beaulieu? The number of flight attendants per aircraft depends on the size of the plane and its route. For flights leaving from Montreal, there are a lot more bilingual flight attendants. We are aware of high customer demand.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Beaulieu, At every step of the recruitment process, we take the available bilingual applicants into consideration. All bilingual applicants who successfully complete the recruitment tests, who have the ability to serve customers, and who meet the security clearance requiremen

Official Languages committee  We announced that we intend to start paying our employees a special bonus if they refer bilingual employees to us, with a view to increasing the number of bilingual employees at Air Canada.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Rousseau. The plan clearly emphasizes the importance of employees who are in contact with the public, because it's through them that we meet our obligations to the public.

Official Languages committee  I can answer that question.

Official Languages committee  Your colleague Ms. Lattanzio's question was about areas of jurisdiction. I pointed out that Air Canada complied with provincial legislation in every province in which it conducts operations, including laws to protect French in Quebec. Air Canada Vacations, a subsidiary of Air Ca

Official Languages committee  Sir, the courses are paid for by Air Canada. We can provide you with the details. Air Canada has its own language teachers, who provide courses in French as well as courses in, I believe, 12 other languages. Those courses are also divided into various levels. Consequently, we ha

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Rousseau. I'm essentially going to repeat what our president said. We truly believe that compliance with the act can't be achieved through penalties. For a business that has a scope and number of employees as large as Air Canada's, sustained effort is the way to g

Official Languages committee  There are the airports, Mr. Généreux. The airport authorities in Canada are subject to it. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, or CATSA, the security service, is also subject to it, but other airlines currently have no official language obligations. That's why they can

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. That's a good question. All the employees who were laid off have been called back because we're rebuilding the company. The aim of our strategy is also to review training in order to offer more intensive courses to raise the language levels of certain employees.

Official Languages committee  We verify personnel assignments and compliance with our obligations at the flight service bases and airports across the country on a very regular basis.

Official Languages committee  All right. You mean our efforts to meet our obligations under the Official Languages Act. Is that correct?

Official Languages committee  Oh, yes, that was the question about the Charter of the French Language.