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Originally Posted by whatnext
Linguistic politics claim another victim:
Air Canada CEO to retire after condolence-video controversy
20 minutes ago
Nadine Yousif
Senior Canada reporter
The CEO of Air Canada will retire later this year, after being criticised for failing to speak French in a condolence video following last week's fatal collision at LaGuardia Airport that killed two of the airline's pilots.….
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgme8xy2rl1o |
Typical provincial "stupidity" but we all know why the politicians line up for this stuff. The votes are in Ontario and Quebec enough said. Let's be honest. I can admit some of the stupidity in my province as long as everyone is honest about theirs.
If the below is correct than this is one smart cookie that AC is letting go. "Rousseau is widely seen as playing an instrumental role in changing Air Canada’s financial trajectory by boosting its profit margin, share price and pension plan, which moved from a $3.7-billion deficit in 2013 to a $2.6-billion surplus in 2019."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/...n-wake-of-criticism-over-lack-of-french/
BTW the WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech should also get canned because he has an accent when speaking English and I'm offended so...
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