04-12-2015, 08:18 AM
(04-10-2015, 01:03 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: Bombardier last turned a real profit many decades ago. Ever since then they have survived through government handouts. Their modus operandi is to threaten to close a large plant, get the union to stand behind them and apply political pressure when bidding for a local contract. Nationalist voices then step in and provide further support. Wash, rinse and repeat.
How are Airbus and Embraer any different? And Boeing gets lots of subsidies from Uncle Sam by way of military spending. See for example: Competition between Airbus and Boeing and Bombardier Aerospace and Embraer S.A. government subsidy controversy
Even the "principled" Mr Harper, who as opposition leader spared no effort to air his conservative views by railing against subsidies to Bombardier, had to get on board the gravy train once he finally got into the first class seats in Parliament, proving once again that pigs can indeed fly high. (Sorry for the puns.)