Bombardier CEO Eric Martel said on Monday he was concerned Washington could target the private planemaker’s U.S. contracts if Canada cancels a C$19 billion ($13.30 billion) deal for 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.

“Effectively, we could be targeted. This is my concern,” Martel told reporters in Montreal after a speech hosted by the Canadian Club.

In October, Montreal-based Bombardier announced the delivery of an eighth jet to the United States Air Force as part of a deal with a potential value of $465 million. The aircraft carry specialized communications platforms.

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    3 hours ago

    This Bombardier doesn’t have dealerships.

    They made aircrafts and they haven’t had anything to do with BRP for like 12 years 23 years and sold off the transportation (rail) division about 5 years ago.

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      So this is the part Trump attacked last term to protect Boeing. The Bombardier that afterwards sold a chunk of its self to Airbus

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      Buddy the last time we were at parity was twelve years ago.

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          Okay okay…

          But tbh that only points to more shitty decisions are Bombardier. BRP is doing fine, getting rid of it was moronic.