For the record, PIAC opposed both the Sunwing and the Air Transat-Air Canada mergers. My understanding is that the European Union blocked the Air Canada-Air Transat merger, and probably COVID didn't help the business environment.
It is discouraging to hear the Competition Bureau say that this is anti-competitive and then hear the minister say that there are other considerations, which are never really specified in enough detail, to have a merger go through.
We're trying to change that dynamic with our recommendation to take it out of the hands of the Minister of Transport. In the United States, the transport minister doesn't approve mergers. The Department of Justice does.