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Originally Posted by TbayON

Actually, the plant was supposed to be moved to Quebec at some point. The only reason it stayed in Thunder Bay, from what I understand, came as a result of Ontario and Quebec being in a serious feud at the time. This was decades ago prior to Bombardier ownership, but I can't remember when exactly or what precipitated the feud that ultimately saved the plant.

Its definitely a cyclical business. The plant was producing bi-level commuter trains predominantly up until about few years ago, now it can produce commuters, modern subway cars and modern street cars. There has been considerable investment and re-tooling of the plant over the previous 5 years. There's nothing like an idle plant to force the owner to go seriously chasing more business, its just going to take some time.

One word - separation.

When Quebec did the separation thing it really hurt Quebec. Montreal alone would have been much larger than it is. When you are a business and you are unsure of a place, you don't invest there.