Those are Canadair CL-415 water bombers.....

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=199266

A CL-415 amphibious aircraft sustained damage during a water takeoff.
Two CL-415 were lifting off the surface of a lake when one of the aircraft contacted a mast of a barge with the left hand wing, according to a video posted on YouTube.
The aircraft reportedly returned to land.

For the lieutenant colonel Bernier from the Office Manager communication of the direction of the Sécurité Civile : " The wing of the Fire-fighting plane is damaged, it will be unavailable for several weeks, there were projections on two barges, fortunately without making of wounded person.
They are experimented and confirmed pilots who knew well the stretch of water. They managed to fly up to the base of Nîmes. The pilot and the co-pilot are shocked, they were suspended as a protective measure and are going to be examined by a specialized doctor who has to make sure that they are in capacity to re-fly. "

edit, above has it thanks.

That was what the late great George Carlin referred to as "a near miss".

"Oh look! They nearly missed..."

To be honest I'd say you're both off. "Close call" would imply that the two didn't touch while "direct hit" would imply that the two hit each other face on.
Let's split the difference and say he clipped him?

Since this happened in France I don't think the fact the aircraft were manufactured in Canada is sufficient for the Canada channel.

Ok