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Bombardier’s Global 7500 demonstrates that Innovation in the Canadian aerospace industry remains strong - Aviation Week takes notice.
Bombardier’s Global 7500 demonstrates that Innovation in the Canadian aerospace industry remains strong - Aviation Week takes notice.

Last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend Aviation Week’s Annual Laureate Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. It was a great event, in part, because Bombardier’s Global 7500 was named the Grand Laureate winner in the Business Aviation category. 

Canadian Aerospace Industry Reaches New Heights, While the Globe and Mail Goes to New Low
Canadian Aerospace Industry Reaches New Heights, While the Globe and Mail Goes to New Low

Anyone up for some good news about a Canadian business?  Bombardier just announced that its new business aircraft - the Global 7500 - set a record for the longest non-stop flight by a business jet  - over 8,150 nautical miles.

Argument-by-insult; Bombardier employees deserve better.
Argument-by-insult; Bombardier employees deserve better.

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. 

Bombardier Transportation is Still on Track
Bombardier Transportation is Still on Track

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.

Canada’s National NewsMedia Council Finds Serious Flaws in The Globe & Mail’s Coverage of Bombardier
Canada’s National NewsMedia Council Finds Serious Flaws in The Globe & Mail’s Coverage of Bombardier

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.  

Do you know how many jobs Bombardier added last year? Most Canadians don’t.
Do you know how many jobs Bombardier added last year? Most Canadians don’t.

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.

Coverage choices are telling
Coverage choices are telling

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. 

Update: Follow-up Article in Globe & Mail Further Distorts Timeline of Events
Update: Follow-up Article in Globe & Mail Further Distorts Timeline of Events

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.  

Questions Mount over the Objectivity of the Globe & Mail’s Coverage of Bombardier
Questions Mount over the Objectivity of the Globe & Mail’s Coverage of Bombardier

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

Partnering to achieve our ambition
Partnering to achieve our ambition

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...