Started fifty years ago. And Trudeau and Mulroney both put tens of millions of taxpayers' dollars into Bombardier. I think Chretien did it too. The company has been a 'pride' of Quebec for a half century, despite its ongoing shortcomings through decades and its reliance on the money of Canadian taxpayers (primarily those outside Quebec). Keeping Bombardier alive and "renowned" helped those two prime ministers from Quebec get elected and re-elected. They kept the home-province happy. Very happy.