Air Canada Public Participation Act — A-10.1 10
Official Languages Act 10 (1) The Official Languages Act applies to the Corporation. Duty re subsidiaries (2) Subject to subsection (5), if air services, including incidental services, are provided or made available by a subsidiary of the Corporation, the Corporation has the duty to ensure that any of the subsidiary’s customers can communicate with the subsidiary in respect of those services, and obtain those services from the subsidiary, in either official language in any case where those services, if provided by the Corporation, would be required under Part IV of the Official Languages Act to be provided in either official language. Subsidiary body corporate (3) For the purposes of this section, a body corporate is a subsidiary of the Corporation if (a) it is controlled by (i) the Corporation, (ii) the Corporation and one or more bodies corporate each of which is controlled by the Corporation, or (iii) two or more bodies corporate each of which is controlled by the Corporation; or (b) it is a subsidiary of a body corporate that is a subsidiary of the Corporation. Control (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a body corporate is controlled by another body corporate if (a) securities of the body corporate to which are attached more than 50% of the votes that may be cast to elect directors of the body corporate are held, other than by way of security only, by or for the benefit of the other body corporate; and (b) the votes attached to those securities are sufficient, if exercised, to elect a majority of the directors of the body corporate. Application of subsection (2) * (5) Subsection (2) applies (a) in respect of air services, including incidental services, provided or made available by a subsidiary of the Corporation at a facility or office in Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut or on a route wholly within those provinces, one year after that subsection comes into force if it had been a subsidiary of the Corporation on that coming into force; and (b) in respect of a person that becomes a subsidiary of the Corporation only after that subsection comes into force, or in respect of Canadian Airlines International Ltd. or Canadian Regional Airlines Ltd. if that airline becomes a subsidiary of the Corporation before that subsection comes into force, three years after the person or airline becomes a subsidiary. * [Note: Subsection 10(2) in force July 5, 2000, see SI/2000-59.] Extension (6) The Governor in Council may, by order made on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, increase the three years referred to in paragraph (5)(b) to a maximum of four years in respect of a route served, or an office or facility from which service is provided, by a subsidiary. Duties of replacements (7) If Canadian Airlines International Ltd., Canadian Regional Airlines Ltd. or a subsidiary of the Corporation replaces the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries in providing an air service, including incidental services, that the Corporation or the subsidiary provided on or after December 21, 1999, the Corporation has the duty to ensure that any of the customers of the person who replaces the Corporation or the subsidiary can communicate with that person in respect of those services, and obtain those services from that person, in either official language in any case where those services, if provided by the Corporation or the subsidiary, would be required under Part IV of the Official Languages Act or under subsection (2) to be provided in either official language. For greater certainty (8) For greater certainty, subsections (2) and (7) do not affect any duty that the Corporation may have under section 25 of the Official Languages Act . Deemed duty (9) For the purposes of Parts VIII, IX and X of the Official Languages Act , the duties referred to in subsections (2) and (7) are deemed to be duties under Part IV of that Act. Definitions (10) The definitions in this subsec