The Canada Brief

Canada · 15 h ago

Canadair CL-415 water bomber

Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ottawa pledges up to $2.5 billion to De Havilland to build more water bombers

Federal financing, up to

2.5 $ billion

The money, expected as loans and loan guarantees through Export Development Canada, would fund a second assembly line in Alberta.

De Havilland says it will double capacity to an eventual 20 planes a year, with more planes assembled at once from 2030.

What we know

  • Loans and guarantees, up to $2.5B

Not yet

  • Interest rates and repayment terms
  • Any reporting requirements

The interest rates and repayment terms are confidential, and Ottawa laid out no reporting requirements.