I agree with subsidies, not bailouts, for R&D at Bombardier.  R&D is costly yet the most important part of the business to keep Canadian industry ahead of its other subsidized competition.   The thing is, a little part of me is cheering on the US in this case as Bombardier has driven investors and Canadian tax payers insane over the decades.  If Boeing thinks it has a case they're more then welcome to bring the complaint, as long as they are aware of the consequences.  If this triggers a much needed change at Bomardier as a result, I'm all for it.  Bombardier's cycle of poor, disastrous management has called not for subsidies, but for bailout after bailout.  I'm all for another Canadian firm buying or at least having more control at Bombardier, injecting some real management chops into the company.  But, that can't happen with the smallest yet most powerful block of voting shares firmly in control of those that are hurting the company most.