Historically, the act that we're amending at the moment is an act that was instituted back in 1989 under the Conservative government of Prime Minister Mulroney. The decision was made to privatize Air Canada, which previously was with the government. Essentially, there were four broad requirements, strings that remained attached to Air Canada. One is the requirement with respect to maintenance, which we're discussing now. But it also had three other obligations imposed upon it. One was that its headquarters had to be in the urban community of Montreal. Another one was that it had to implement the Official Languages Act on its flights. The third one, which actually applies to all Canadian airlines, was a limit of 25% on foreign ownership. Those three that I've just named, the last three, headquarters, official languages, and the 25% limit, remain in place. They are not touched by this act. They are not, apart from the 25% limit, imposed on Air Canada's competitors.
On May 2nd, 2016. See this statement in context.