OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada announced on Thursday it would give Air Canada AC.TO more leeway to decide where its planes are maintained, prompting union protests that the move could cost thousands of jobs.

An Air Canada Express flight descends to land at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, also known as the Toronto Island Airport, in Toronto, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Air Canada, currently bound by a 1988 law spelling out where in Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario it must carry out maintenance, needed more flexibility to be competitive.

He unveiled proposed changes to the law, known as the Air Canada Public Participation Act, that would give Air Canada more say in deciding where the work is done and permitting some to be carried out abroad.

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