Ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest to pilot aerospace industry relaunch plan
MONTREAL — Canada’s aerospace industry has appointed former Quebec premier Jean Charest to chart a new course for the sector.
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada is putting Charest in the cockpit to coax funding commitments and a long-term plan from the federal government amid fears the country’s star is fading.
“The industry has come to the conclusion that we sort of need a reset in terms of what the future of the industry is in Canada,” Charest said in a phone interview from Paris.
“There is a sense that we’re in a world where there’s much more competition. And it’s not that we’re doing badly, but the world is really moving fast.”