Originally Posted by
Proxima_Centauri
So you are all for the Canadian government compromising national security in order to extort a private company? Using the men and women in our armed forces as a bargaining chip is pretty distasteful.
Even these threats from politicians just prove Boeings point that Bombardier is receiving unfair government backing.
It is very obvious they received subsidies.... they took that billion dollars to subsidize a deal with Delta(and to a lesser extent Air Canada) that resulted in a massive financial loss to the company.
Almost a billion dollars of Canadian taxpayer money got funnelled to an American company that posted a $4 billion profit last year.
The U.S. Department of Commerce used fact based research to determine a tariff based on how much below cost the C series were sold at, which had been in violation of trade rules..... To the people who say Canada should respond with tariffs against Boeing, what is that based on? Boeing isn't selling its products in Canada below cost with US government funds.
And no, military contracts are NOT subsidies.. the US government receives high end hardware for the billions it spends on defence contractors. It's not a hand out.
And it's not Boeings fault that tax is higher for a Quebec based company.
LMAO... There are plenty of other countries with excellent military equipment we can buy from... The USA is not God's gift to this world!
If we can send them a clear and loud message so be it.