Canada in Brief, Sept. 28-Oct. 4

Fred Cromer, president of commercial aircraft at Bombardier Aerospace, speaks to reporters at Bombardier’s plant in Mirabel, Que., on Sept. 12, 2017. The U.S. government has slapped duties of nearly 220 percent on Bombardier’s C series aircraft. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Take Hard Line Against Boeing in Bombardier Spat, Couillard Urges Feds

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he wants Ottawa to take a hard line against Boeing after the U.S. Department of Commerce proposed a hefty 219 percent duty on jets manufactured by Montreal rival Bombardier.

The department’s preliminary findings concluded that Bombardier benefited from improper government subsidies, giving it an unfair advantage when selling its CSeries jets south of the border.