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MONTREAL — Air Canada has asked the Supreme Court to intervene to overturn a court ruling that requires the carrier to keep maintenance operations in the country.

The Montreal-based airline said Tuesday it is seeking leave to appeal a Quebec Court of Appeal decision in November. That ruling upheld a lower court’s 2013 decision that backed a lawsuit filed by the Quebec government.

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The province argued that Air Canada breached its legal obligations under the federal Air Canada Public Participation Act that privatized the airline in 1988 to keep heavy maintenance operations in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.

Air Canada has argued that it respected the law by continuing to conduct aircraft maintenance at its three Canadian facilities in Montreal, Winnipeg and Mississauga, Ont., even though heavy maintenance was transferred outside the country.