Issues related to the Air Canada Participation ACT
Meeting #53,
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Parliament Hill
East Block, Room 362
Ottawa, Ontario
Please see the following 9-page document submitted to to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure & Communities from Local Lodge 1751 (Montreal)
Memorandum Submitted to the Transportation Committee (9 page pdf)
There is also an audio file link of the hearings available in both Official Languages below.
(click on either of the 32 kbps streams. Audio starts after approx. 30 seconds)
The 1988 Air Canada Public Participation Act
(1) set out conditions for the privatization of Air Canada. Along with transitional measures leading to Government divestiture, the Act sought to ensure that Air Canada would continue to operate in both French and English by making the newly privatized corporation subject to the Official Languages Act
(2) (the OLA). A further provision required Air Canada to maintain its head office in Montréal, and operational Centres in Winnipeg, Montréal, and Mississauga.
