We’re on the brink of losing Canada’s aerospace industry

Political leaders saw the potential for aerospace to shrink our vast geography, facilitate global trade and commerce, help secure our borders, and raise our quality of life through the creation of highly-skilled, well-paying jobs in every region of this country. This is the legacy of aerospace. As the situation stands now, we’re on the brink of losing it all.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 18, 2020. Our question to the political leadership of the day, and indeed all parliamentarians, is this: do we want to keep our aerospace industry in this country or not? If the answer is yes, we need to face up to the new reality and take action, writes Jean Charest. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEAN CHAREST

June 29, 2020

MONTREAL—For more than 80 years, governments of all political stripes have made Canada’s aerospace sector a policy priority through strategic action and investments. They built Canada into a global aerospace leader with an impressive worldwide reputation that is now coming under threat. Politic...

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