New Bombardier order won’t prevent all layoffs

MONTREAL — A $448-million order by Montreal’s transport agency for more Azur metro cars from a Bombardier-Alstom consortium won’t save at least 100 Bombardier Inc. workers from layoffs. The fate of the plant in La Pocatière, which houses the company’s railway division, had been uncertain since the loss of a lucrative Montreal electric train contract and a lack of orders. The fresh deal announced Monday for 153 rail cars follows Bombardier’s announcement of companywide layoffs of 5,000 employees last week — including 2,500 in Quebec and 500 in Ontario.