@Spencer100, that was true up until a year and a bit ago.
DeHavilland pulled a ‘Phoenix’ (the good, reincarnated bird kind, not the shitty government public servant non-pay system kind) a few years ago and very much is alive and reasonably well.
Since 1928, De Havilland Canada has been building utility-built aircraft for customers here at home, and around the world.
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Oh I know DeHavilland is back. The history buff in me loves that Viking and PE firm rebranded back into DeHavilland. I was make less a comment about the DHC then being more a snide comment about this government more concerned about the old Bombardier and Family than other workers and companies. LIke everyone is equal just some are more equal then others.
OT the whole dust up about Boeing a few years back, the Winnipeg was totally forgotten and thrown under the bus.
This whole thing just burns my....
Trudeau has made a total mess of this file. Starting with the no F-35...this leads to OK we have a fighter gap, hey RCAF general get me a fighter gap. Liberals then say we will just buy F-18E,F as a quick purchase to fill the gap as an interim. They just think its the same as we have CF-18 equal CF-18E no one will care. And they can punt the rest of the purchase to the future and the new CF-18E will be in the pole position to win the whole thing. This will fit with Trudeau's no F-35 election promise.
But then Oh NO! Boeing wins Trade Tribunal ruling against favourite son Bombardier. US government sanctions Bombardier At about this time Delta orders the CS220. Bombardier is having financial problems too. The bomber goes to Airbus and agrees for them to assemble US purchased CS220 in their new US plant to avoid US tariffs.
Bombardier sells Airbus control of the CS220 program and the Caisse too. They later buy 100%.
Over in Ottawa the government throws a fit. And returns sanctions to Boeing. This ends the interim f-18E buy. (no one cares about the Winnipeg plant at this point)
But what to do?......they made a fighter gap....and we can't just buy the F-35......Ok Australia is dumping their old F-18 for the new F-35. Great lets just buy those. And then pay to Canadianize them and bring to fighting form.
In the meantime Bombardier is in even more financial distress. They begin the great BBD sell off everything. Rail to the Caisse and then Alstom. The entire old Dehavilland product lines to Viking plus the Waterbomber and Short Bros 330 and Sherpa Type Certs. The CRJ program goes to Mitsubishi. Short Brothers and Other assembly locations in Mexico and Africa go to Spirit Aerosystems. Lear is closed. CAE buys training business. ETC
So the Liberal Government moves on this file.....got what? Some used f-18's, Bombardier still imploded taking millions in government money with it. Years of delays to get back to place they were 7 years ago buying the F-35. Still no sign contract. And because of fit about Boeing delaying who knows what other contracts.
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