Thank you for your question.
I have two important points.
First of all, with regard to alliances, the process already exists.
The same process that currently exists in the Canada Transportation Act for mergers is what we are now introducing for joint ventures. This notion about a public interest consideration has actually been in our laws since 2000. What we are doing is keeping up with the times in the way the industry internationally is moving forward. Our competitors in other jurisdictions, the United States, Australia, and others, have access to public interest considerations in their joint venture reviews, and Canadian airlines do not. That's one of the views.
The public interest considerations, the minister having heard from the commissioner of competition compulsorily about the considerations from a competition perspective, will be articulated and enumerated in guidelines. They include safety, access to increased connectivity, economic viability, and all sorts of important factors that impact the Canadian economy, Canadian travellers, and the healthiness and competitiveness of our Canadian air industry. Those will be set out in guidelines, and as I say, it's predicated on a process that has already been in existence.