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Canada did prop up this program for quite a long time. It never achieved its sales goals. Moreover the money that they dumped into it was ruled illegal by the WTO. In true Trump fashion the White House overreacted and put 300% tariff to kill the program. Airbus rescued the program.



> Canada did prop up this program for quite a long time.

Like every other aerospace company

> It never achieved its sales goals.

Looks like they have years of backlog. And the whole program is profitable. They landed Delta as their North American launch customer.

> Moreover the money that they dumped into it was ruled illegal by the WTO

Wasn't it overturned?




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