Official Languages committee  I would not say that that's an accurate statement. As I mentioned, all information that comes before this committee is information that we consider as we develop our advice to the government.

Official Languages committee  On this I will defer to my colleague Mr. Blasioli.

Official Languages committee  To clarify, when I referred to the recommendation on relieving Air Canada of its obligations, that was from Air Canada to Mr. Emerson.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Emerson took that into consideration in the development of his final recommendation, which—

Official Languages committee  That is correct.

Official Languages committee  We have an ongoing dialogue with all of Canada's air carriers, including Air Canada. I can say that we have a strong collaboration between ourselves and that company. I think that sometimes they express concern about the direction being taken by this government. At other times,

Official Languages committee  Specifically with regard to official languages, as this committee is knows this very well, Air Canada has regularly indicated its concern that it is the only air carrier subject to the official languages provisions. Just the other day, I was reviewing a submission to Mr. Emerson,

Official Languages committee  That is correct.

Official Languages committee  It's one of the issues, the points of view, that we're taking into consideration as we're debating the obligations of Canada's air carriers with regard to official languages. It's but one of many views that we're taking into consideration.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, and I think that's what I tried to outline in my opening remarks about Air Canada at one point being a crown corporation and being privatized in the late 1980s. Despite the privatization under the Air Canada Public Participation Act, the government of the day determin

Official Languages committee  I'll speak for myself. I've never had a conversation with Air Canada that involved reticence on the part of their unions with regard to official languages.

Official Languages committee  That is not part of the information that I've had at my disposal, no.

Official Languages committee  No, I have not.

Official Languages committee  It would be one of the issues that we would take into consideration as we further debate the considerations or the policy issues associated with this discussion.

Official Languages committee  Okay. I'll look forward to seeing a copy of the letter. As I mentioned, all information associated with this discussion is welcome, because we want to make sure that when we provide advice to the government in terms of the decision they would make, it would be comprehensive and