{"time": "2016-05-16 15:55:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Anthony Housefather (Mount Royal, Lib.)", "fr": "M. Anthony Housefather (Mont-Royal, Lib.)"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4354733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. parliamentary secretary on her excellent comments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354734\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am very pleased that the Air Canada head office needs to remain in Montreal, and I understand the obligations of the bill to retain Air Canada jobs in maintenance in Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354735\" data-originallang=\"en\">One of the concerns that continues to be expressed is that, as soon as this law is passed, Air Canada would suddenly move some 2,000-odd jobs out of the country.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354736\" data-originallang=\"en\">Is the hon. parliamentary secretary aware whether Air Canada has any obligation beyond keeping the head office and these maintenance jobs in Canada? There are tens of thousands of other Air Canada jobs that exist with no legal obligation to keep them in Canada, and somehow the vast majority of them have been retained in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354737\" data-originallang=\"en\">Is the hon. parliamentary secretary aware of why Air Canada has kept so many jobs in Canada, even though there is no legal obligation to do so?</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4354733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je f\u00e9licite la secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de ses excellentes remarques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis tr\u00e8s heureux que le si\u00e8ge social d'Air Canada doive demeurer \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, et je comprends que le projet de loi oblige Air Canada \u00e0 exercer des activit\u00e9s d'entretien au Qu\u00e9bec, en Ontario et au Manitoba.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354735\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certains craignent encore que, d\u00e8s que cette mesure l\u00e9gislative sera adopt\u00e9e, Air Canada exportera soudainement quelque 2 000 emplois hors du pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354736\" data-originallang=\"en\">La secr\u00e9taire parlementaire sait-elle si Air Canada a des obligations additionnelles outre celles de garder le si\u00e8ge social et les emplois d'entretien au Canada? Il y a des dizaines de milliers d'autres emplois qu'Air Canada n'est pas tenue l\u00e9galement de garder au Canada, et pourtant la vaste majorit\u00e9 d'entre eux sont demeur\u00e9s au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4354737\" data-originallang=\"en\">La secr\u00e9taire parlementaire sait-elle pourquoi Air Canada a gard\u00e9 tant d'emplois au Canada, m\u00eame si elle n'\u00e9tait pas tenue l\u00e9galement de le faire?</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2016/5/16/anthony-housefather-1/", "politician_url": "/politicians/anthony-housefather/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4438/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "8925688", "h1": {"en": "Government Orders", "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"}, "h2": {"en": "Air Canada Public Participation Act", "fr": "La Loi sur la participation publique au capital d'Air Canada"}, "document_url": "/debates/2016/5/16/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F5%2F16%2F"}}