Now we're working on the 2.0 version of that idea. Yes, the objective was to promote one-off competition in which various carriers could request to provide a service. That's what we would like. The parties would compete over a precise period of time, and a contract would be let for a number of years. In order to offer a good price, bidders would nevertheless have to offer a service over a certain number of years.
What we were hoping for at the time was to go back to a bidding process every three to five years. Competition would therefore take place during that time.
You should know that it's impossible for us to have two or three carriers competing, as Ms. Wright mentioned, because we don't have the critical mass to fill that type of aircraft.
As for the project, earlier I mentioned that we had brought together a group of socio‑economic actors in the region. We wanted to develop as clear an idea of the situation as possible before we could move forward.
Some legal problems have now arisen. There are some things that you can't do as a municipal entity. You have to be a business or to proceed by calls for tender in a way. There are legal obstacles to our approach at both the federal and provincial levels.