@Peter Campbell
Re "Poorly developed products"...don't know a heck of a lot re LRT issue, so can't really comment.  But w.r.t. streetcars, components are being made in Mexico and shipped to Thunder Bay for integration. Part of receiving product in a supply chain is to enforce quality.  It is fairly widely known that components are coming in from Mexico that don't meet spec and are requiring a fair bit of rework.  Not good, adds cost and causes delays.  As well, letting substandard components out the door in Mexico speaks to slack oversight by local management, and BBD has to address that.