Government support, the state of the world aviation industry, the price of oil, customer support, World Trade Organization rulings, the speed of technological progress in composite materials, the reaction of industry behemoths Boeing and Airbus are all known unknowables which cause considerable uncertainty to the board of Bombardier.

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