LANG Committee Report

Appendix

BILL C-47 (38TH PARLIAMENT, FIRST SESSION) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE AIR CANADA PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACT: PROPOSED CHANGES PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

1. Subsection 10.2(1)

We believe that Ground Handling, Technical Services, Cargo and Air Canada Online must be explicitly covered by this provision. As such, it would be possible to maintain the conceptual approach favoured by the Legislator while clearly specifying that the Official Languages Act applies to these entities and guaranteeing the status quo that is sought by the Government. Therefore, we propose that subsection 10.2(1) be amended as follows:

10.2

(1)

Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the Official Languages Act applies to any affiliate of the Corporation in respect of any undertaking that the affiliate owns or operates and that comes within the legislative authority of Parliament in respect of aeronautics, including but not limited to, Ground Handling, Technical Services, Cargo and Air Canada Online.

2. Subsection 10.2(4)

In order to ensure that Ground Handling, Technical Services and Cargo are not excluded from the application of subsection 10.2(1), the following amendments should be made:

10.2

(4)

This section does not apply in respect of

 

 

(a)

an undertaking that is owned or operated by an affiliate of the Corporation other than

 

 

 

(i)

ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., a body corporate incorporated on June 29, 2004 under the Canada Business Corporations Act,

(ii)

a body corporate or a partnership controlled by ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. or one of its affiliates, or

(iii)

a partnership controlled by a person controlled by ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.;