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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's only free for American companies.

When Canadian companies like Bombardier try to get involved in the free market, they get blocked by the US DOJ until they run out of money.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Canadian private jet companies just can't catch a break^1^.

^1^ Unless its a federal election year, and Québec seats are up for grabs.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Lol fair enough, but the CSeries is legitimately a really nice plane so it's a shame that it ended up getting sold to Airbus for pennies.