Let me just say that, since the beginning of the pandemic, our government acted very quickly and decisively with broad-based support programs that focused on Canadians and Canadian workers and businesses. We've introduced measures like CERB. We've introduced measures like the wage subsidy, which supported everyone in Canada, and by the way, the airline sector alone benefited up to $1.7 billion or $1.8 billion from the wage subsidy. There are additional measures, which I also mentioned in my opening remarks, that the airline sector has been receiving.
Having said that, I acknowledge the second wave, the introduction of new variants of COVID and the implementation of new travel measures, which added a further burden on the airline sector, have introduced a new sense of urgency and a specific need for measures for the airline sector. That's why late last fall, last November, we started discussions with the airlines on particular sector supports for them.