Conservative cabinet member Helena Guergis has no intention of filing a lawsuit against Air Canada or its employees after details of a tantrum she threw at Charlottetown Airport emerged last month, according to her colleague John Baird.

Liberals are asking the federal government for a formal investigation and calling on Helena Guergis, right, minister of state for the status of women, to resign for her behaviour at Charlottetown Airport last month. ((CBC)) Baird's comment came in response to a question from Liberal MP Anita Neville during Monday's question period in the House of Commons amid speculation Guergis would resign or be removed from her portfolio over her behaviour in the Feb. 19 incident.

Speaking in the House, Neville cited a CTV report that Guergis was threatening legal action against airline employees for defamation and violating her privacy as proof she should be dismissed as minister of state for the status of women.

"Does the prime minister really believe that there is no one on his backbenches is qualified to do her job?" asked Neville, the Liberal critic for the status of women.

Speaking for the government, Baird encouraged MPs to "move forward" and noted Guergis had already apologized in the Commons.

"The minister in question has no intention of making any lawsuit," Baird told the House.

Guergis was not in the House for question period, but faced a barrage of questions on funding for women's groups from Neville and other opposition MPs during her appearance before the House status of women committee later Monday afternoon.

The Liberals' calls for an investigation and for the minister to step down come after an anonymous letter was sent to Liberal MP Wayne Easter. The letter stated that Guergis and an aide arrived late at the airport for their flight to Montreal on Feb. 19 and became verbally abusive to staff.

During pre-boarding screening, the letter said, the MP for the southern Ontario riding of Simcoe-Grey at first refused to remove her shoes, which set off the alarm as she walked through the metal detector, then swore as she was taking them off.

In her statement late last month, Guergis apologized for speaking "emotionally" to some staff members at the airport, and admitted her behaviour was "not appropriate."

Earlier this month, Guergis' husband, former Tory MP Rahim Jaffer, pleaded guilty to careless driving in connection with being pulled over in Palgrave, Ont., near Guergis' riding last September.