Bombardier

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will be in Washington, D.C., today, June 19, 2017, for a one-day visit that will include a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's point man on trade.

Although the Trudeau government launched its long term plan for modernizing the military last week, more immediate realities are tugging for attention on the Liberals' list of defence priorities.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan used a major speech Wednesday to the defence industry to blast American firm Boeing for picking a trade spat with Bombardier.

Boeing says its trade complaint against Bombardier is designed to prevent the Montreal-based rival from using subsidies to produce a larger version of the CSeries plane

P.M. Justin Trudeau came out swinging Friday, May 19, 2017 against the U.S. government over its investigation into a trade dispute between U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Canadian rival Bombardier.

The federal government hinted that Boeing should not take future military contracts with Canada for granted, a veiled threat that coincided with a spat between Boeing and Bombardier.

The United States has officially served notice of its intention to renegotiate the 1993 NAFTA, triggering a 90-day consultation window before talks begin later this summer with Canada and Mexico.

Pierre Beaudoin, the scion of the family that controls Bombardier, is relinquishing his role as executive chairman, the plane and train maker said on Thursday, May 11, 2017.

After facing nearly two weeks of criticism, Bombardier said on Monday, April 10, 2017 that its board of directors approved changes to the compensation offered to several of its top executives.

Bombardier appears unable to shake off public anger over hefty pay packages to its senior executives.

Liberal-appointed senators voted Thursday to postpone debate on a request for a Senate transport committee look into the federal government's $373 million interest-free loan to Bombardier.

Federal and Quebec politicians were pressed on Tuesday April 4,2017 on whether government can - or should - allow Bombardier executives pay hikes while taxpayers are helping keep the company afloat.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government joined the criticism on Monday of Bombardier over executive bonuses that have prompted a public outcry.

Bombardier further retreated Sunday on a hefty pay increase to six senior executives, announcing they would defer receiving payment on a sizeable chunk until a later time.

A public uproar over a hefty increase in compensation to senior executives at Bombardier prompted the company's chairman to ask his board of directors late Friday to scale back his pay to 2015 levels.