Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada [read original release here] The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today announced that Canada has signed a US$105-million contract with the Philippines to supply eight specialized helicopters manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd. The contract was negotiated under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Canadian […]
In a speech at the Aerospace Innovation Forum in Montreal today, Industry Minister James Moore delivered the government’s response to the 2012 report by the Honourable David Emerson on programs and policies relating to space, announcing several initiatives to begin implementing the Report’s recommendations. “Canada’s aerospace and space sectors contribute more than 170,000 well-paid jobs […]
Today Jim Quick, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC), issued a statement in advance of the meeting between federal Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney and his provincial counterparts tomorrow: AIAC applauds the federal government’s intention to directly include Canada’s employers in training and skilled labour programs through the […]
Mr. David Gregory, President of The CanRep Group Inc., is pleased to announce that its MRO company AvTec Aero Maintenance Inc. of Saint-Laurent, Qc has concluded an agreement with ASE S.p.A. of Milan, Italy in which AvTec Aero has been appointed as ASE’s first foreign Approved Service Center. ASE S.p.A. is a well established design, […]
Today Jim Quick, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, issued the following statement on the occasion of the first flight of Bombardier Aerospace’s CSeries aircraft: On behalf of the members of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, I sincerely congratulate Bombardier Aerospace on the first flight of the CSeries aircraft. Newly […]