OTTAWA, May 1 (Reuters) - Canadian legislators were

scheduled on Wednesday to decide whether to set up a probe into

how major aerospace companies were granted exemptions from the

country's sanctions on Russian titanium.

Reuters reported last week that Airbus, Bombardier

and Safran had all been allowed to sidestep

sanctions imposed on Russia's state-backed VSMPO-AVISMA.

According to an official notice, the 12-person foreign

affairs committee of the House of Commons elected chamber was

due to meet at 4:30 p.m. EST (2030 GMT) to "discuss a request to

undertake a study of waivers granting the use of Russian

titanium in Canadian aerospace manufacturing".

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly last week

defended the waiver decisions and said jobs in Canada had been

the decisive factor.