Quebec premier defends Bombardier at Paris Air Show
Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault, right, and Quebec Economy Minister Christine Frechette visit the Paris Air Show , Monday, June 16, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (Michel Euler/The Associated Press)
Quebec Premier François Legault took part in Bombardier's campaign to sell one of its aircraft models to the Canadian Defence Department on Monday in Paris, Fra.
Legault spent the day at the Paris Air Show, the largest event of its kind in the world.
Bombardier says it believes it can convince Ottawa to buy the aircraft after Mark Carney's government announced an additional $9 billion in military spending.
Legault says he wants Quebec to get its lion's share and Bombardier to win the contract for its aircraft, designed for surveillance and detection missions.
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Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault, right, and Quebec Economy Minister Christine Frechette visit the Paris Air Show , Monday, June 16, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (Michel Euler/The Associated Press)
The premier boarded a GlobalEye parked on the tarmac, an aircraft manufactured by Sweden's Saab, but with Quebec origins: it is built on Bombardier's Global Express platform.
'The people at Boeing are nervous that we are here,' Saab vice president Carl-Johan Bergholm told Legault.
Bombardier-Boeing standoff
Indeed, Saab-Bombardier and the American company Boeing are engaged in a standoff.
In March 2023, Ottawa indicated that it planned to replace the air force's surveillance aircraft, considering only one supplier, Boeing.
Bombardier protested, demanding a genuine call for tenders so it could submit its aircraft, which had already been sold and proven in other markets.
'I have no regrets about doing so,' said the company's CEO, Éric Martel, in an interview on Monday at Bombardier Defence's offices in Le Bourget.
'It made everyone understand that it might be in our best interest to talk to each other and work better together,' he argued.
He says he is hopeful that an agreement can be reached with Ottawa.
Collaboration with Safran
In addition, Bombardier signed a letter of intent on Monday with Safran, a French industry giant that is the world's second-largest aerospace equipment manufacturer.
The two companies say they want to expand their collaboration.
Je suis particulièrement fier de l'annonce d'un partenariat entre deux leaders de l'aéronautique: @Bombardier et @SAFRAN. Ils vont travailler ensemble pour remporter des appels d'offres, dans nos deux pays. Et offrir des emplois industriels payants, en France et au Québec.… pic.twitter.com/dZCDJA64Rm — François Legault (@francoislegault) June 16, 2025
This will allow researchers to work together on systems used in military equipment, explained a Bombardier representative.
The amounts and details are confidential, he added.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 16, 2025.
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