Transport committee  That will answer your question.

Transport committee  Mr. Jean, let me speak. That will answer your question.

Transport committee  They will have no choice but to bring action against the government. Do you think that today a majority of Air Canada shareholders are opposed to the company having sold its overhaul centres?

Transport committee  No. At present, it's the opposite. The private shareholders in the new company will have no choice but to bring action against the government to have the section about maintaining the overhaul centres amended. Have they done that? No, they have not done that. I will ask my quest

Transport committee  No, not me.

Transport committee  Mr. Jean, I would just like to understand why the government is not taking Air Canada to court. Tell us why you aren't taking Air Canada to court, even though that is your duty. It was said in 1988, and I'll say it again. The new company's private shareholders...

Transport committee  We're talking about 4,500 direct jobs and 23,000 indirect jobs. Those aren't my own figures. They are the figures from a university study that was done to determine what the impact of a transfer of activities would be, in terms of jobs.

Transport committee  My pay is about $60,000.

Transport committee  I more or less agree, Mr. Guimond. I would like to take you back to 1988. I am going to read a passage from our brief slowly so that everyone understands. "Conservative MP George Minaker [who wanted to win his seat in Winnipeg because this was during the run-up to an election]

Transport committee  Yes, that is what it could do in the last resort. Has the government told Air Canada to comply with the act? Has that been done? That is the first thing that has to be done. If we read what is going on and the legislative news releases, the government has an obligation to tell A

Transport committee  No, because even if we say it's good for two years, that isn't true. In fact, by April 14, there will be no Air Canada employees left in its hangars. Aveos will therefore not be bound by the act. All those employees can then disappear. Today, Air Canada is Aveos' minority shareh

Transport committee  When there is a split certification, the two collective agreements follow. If the company is sold to ExelTech tomorrow morning and the name changes, the collective agreement follows. It will be the same agreement. There were objections and the Air Canada Act was not considered wh

Transport committee  I could say yes, not because you now have before you the national district vice-president who represents all Air Canada employees throughout Canada. The local lodge and the national level are represented.

Transport committee  You are almost right, but I could read you the memorandum of understanding...

Transport committee  Non, c'est—