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Speaking to reporters after the event, Byford said he talks to Brossoit at least once a month and he has “much greater confidence now” in the company’s streetcar-delivery timeline. After several downward revisions, Bombardier met its latest goal of delivering 30 streetcars by the end of 2016 (down from the original plan of 109) and has promised to deliver all 204 by the end of 2019 as promised in the contract.

Earlier this year, Bombardier announced that it would free up space in its Thunder Bay, Ont., plant for the streetcar work by shifting other projects to Kingston, Ont. It also moved some work out of Mexico, which was the source of the defective bodies and frames that were partially responsible for slowing down the delivery schedule.

“I feel the credibility of both the schedules that they give me, albeit in draft form, and the promises that they make and the utterances that come out of Thunder Bay carry much greater conviction now than they previously did,” Byford said. “It’s to Mr. Brossoit’s credit that to date he hasn’t let me down, whereas in the past I was constantly let down.”

Brossoit joined Bombardier from U.S. aerospace giant United Technologies Corp. in April 2016, succeeding Raymont Bachant as Bombardier Transportation’s president for the Americas.

Last month, the TTC said in a report that there is still “a risk” that Bombardier won’t meet the revised schedule, but Brossoit said Tuesday that the company has taken the necessary steps to get production levels to where they need to be.