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Public demonstrations and a shareholder revolt weren鈥檛 enough to keep Bombardier chairman Pierre Beaudoin from re-election, though he has stepped back from his former executive role.

Bombardier鈥檚 institutional investors by and large withheld support for Beaudoin and the executive pay raise, but Bombardier鈥檚 two-tiered share structure gives the founding family control; both measures passed easily.

Desautels Professor Karl Moore believes that the change will be important, both for Beaudoin, who is giving up on a lot of money, but also for Bombardier itself.

鈥淚t will mean less involvement in the company, and it will mean that [CEO] Alain [Bellemare 鈥� who is on the Desautels International Advisory Board] is absolutely, without question the person in charge.鈥�