The Quebec government is extending its financial support for CAE with a $70 million loan through 2020.
The company best known for aircraft simulators has branched out into the field of medical training devices.
CAE says it has sold hundreds of medical mannequins that are being used to train doctors and other health professionals.
The dummies can simulate a heart attack, giving birth, and countless other routine medical procedures -- or the complications that can arise.
Provincial health minister Gaetan Barrette quipped that he would have liked to use a dummy like this in medical school, while pointing out the devices can greatly improve training for medical students.
He said they will help produce better doctors because it will take less time to train students, and students will be exposed to more medical crises in a shorter period of time.
Economic development minister Dominique Anglade said this type of research and development is exactly what the provincial government is trying to encourage.
"Anything that is a new environment... we are really interested in investing, in co-investing with the company, in supporting the company to really focus on innovation," said Anglade.
CAE was originally eligible for up to $99.8 million when the loan was first approved in 2009, but the company has since scaled back its R&D department.
CAE has 3,100 employees in Quebec, and a further 5,000 worldwide.
