The minister said the option to maintaineight forces with enhanced collaboration would not make the necessary savings, but stressed questions over pursuing one of the two other options had to be answered.
The airlines said they would maintain service to all 336 destinations and eventually add flights to some regions, including the Western U.S. They said the combined carrier would maintain its eight hubs and even expand service from those cities.
It will also immediately cut its 10 percent tariff on U.S. trucks, while allowing the U.S. to maintain its 25% tariff on imported trucks for eight years, and then phase it out by the 10th year.
Unlike their Republican neighbours to the south, Canada's Tories are determined to maintain their predecessors' record of balanced budgets, stretching back eight years.
Along these lines, on Monday, Republican members of the Senate's Gang of Eight pushed to augment the period of time that an undocumented person would have to maintain legal permanent residency before applying for citizenship.