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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed for a possible aid package for Bombardier Inc
Bombardier has asked Canada for $1 billion in aid to support its new CSeries passenger jet, but Trudeau’s new Liberal government has yet to announce a decision.
The government has previously said it wants assurances on jobs and the location of the company’s headquarters, which is in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec.
“Major companies with global footprints like Bombardier creating these jobs here in our country is an important part of the type of economy we need to build,” Trudeau told reporters on Wednesday.
Trudeau said the government’s goal is to create a strong aerospace sector in the short and long term that will create good jobs.
“That’s certainly our hope and that’s the nature of the discussions we’re having with Bombardier right now,” he said.
Bombardier’s long-delayed and over-budgeted CSeries aircraft received support last week in the form of a major order from Delta Air Lines
Reporting by Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren; Edited by G. Crosse and James Dalgleish
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