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Lee Sander, the new president for the Americas Region, wanted to re-establish the facts and reassert that Bombardier Transportation is a leader in the rail industry. However, the Toronto Star editorial team refused to give us a right of reply.
A self-regulating body that oversees fairness and ethics in the press, the National NewsMedia Council, has issued a formal ruling that a prominent Globe & Mail article on Bombardier was marred by key journalistic flaws and the paper has been ordered to publicly set the record straight.
Today, Bombardier employs more than 69,500 people worldwide, including 23,000 in Canada. This number reflects an increase of almost 3,500 people over last year and puts Bombardier’s total employment around the same level as when we began our five-year turnaround plan in November 2015.
The Globe has every right to make decisions about what they deem newsworthy. But, these decisions reveal much about the paper’s commitment to fairness, balance and objectivity. Moreover, it is a real stretch to see any connection between the company’s use of sales agents and the shareholder proposal for additional disclosure on lobbying activities.
A further story by reporter Geoffrey York on the Gupta investigation again misleads readers about the actual sequence of events at the time the Guptas were vetted for our sale of a business aircraft.
The Globe’s headline warns ominously that “questions are mounting” as to whether Bombardier provided a special discount on the Global 6000 sold to the Gupta company in order to win a portion of a large South African rail contract. The answer to this question is no
Last Friday, the United States International Trade Commission rejected Boeing's complaint. A few days after this victory, Michel Girard, columnist for the Journal de Montréal, published an ill-informed analysis stating that the partnership in which Airbus is to acquire 50.01% of the C Series program was a mistake...
We cannot blame Pierre-Yves McSween for his lack of interest in Bombardier. However, we must underline his slanted view, many speculations and especially his refusal to recognize the progress made by the company since 2015.
A recent follow-up opinion column in the Globe & Mail argues that “Canadian ethics should follow Bombardier wherever it goes.” In that, we emphatically agree and suggest the same standard be applied to coverage of our company. And, we are glad to see that others agree.
In a sadly familiar routine, a recent opinion piece in the Globe & Mail on the relationship between another business and the Canadian government devolved into stale and tired cheap shots at Bombardier.