Lack of government mettle on ‘Boeing clause’ puts Canadian aerospace in jeopardy

The namesake of the so-called 'Boeing clause' looks primed to receive a lucrative contract, without having to compete and suffer the consequences of its past behaviours.

A CP-140 Aurora aircraft patrols the Mediterranean Sea in April 2022. If a sole-source contract is awarded to Boeing to replace the RCAF's CP-140 Aurora aircraft, Canada would effectively throw away its own published procurement timeline and process to accommodate it, writes Mehran Ebrahimi. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Cpl. Braden Trudeau

Opinion

BY MEHRAN EBRAHIMI

August 14, 2023

Although it might seem like a lifetime ago, it has been barely six years since Canada’s aerospace industry was in the grip of unprecedented trade action in the United States: Boeing’s challenge to Bombardier’s C Series

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