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As Trudeau government looks to lure manufacturers to Canada, the air force is favouring an American plane over a Canadian one.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Enter Bombardier, the Montreal-based firm known for a host of products from snowmobiles to Sea-Doos to trains that they no longer make. Bombardier, once known as much for taking government grants as anything else, is now purely an aviation company making a range of jets for corporate and military clients.The Global 6500 is a plane manufactured in the Toronto area — currently at Downsview in North Toronto but soon at a new facility in Mississauga.

and have dubbed them the E11-A aircraft, but at this point, Bombardier can’t get the Canadian government to let them bid.Article contentand their partnership with Ottawa-based General Dynamics Mission Systems – Canada. That’s the company which just completed an expensive refurbishment of the computer systems for the Auroras to keep them operational through 2030.

Doesn’t the Trudeau government say climate change is a major concern? If so, why exclude a plane with a lower carbon footprint?Article content

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