Parliamentarians are letting departing Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau off the hook, dropping plans to haul him in front of a committee to answer questions on his lack of French-language skills. The ...

Seventeen-year-old Maia Lee is an exception to the trend. The north-end Halifax resident was educated at École Mer et Monde, a P-9 French school in south-end Halifax, until Grade 9. For high school, ...

Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM Few people foresaw humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as ...

The regulations will govern the application of a new law that would apply to federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and in regions with a significant Francophone population OTTAWA, ON, April ...

Air Canada chief executive Michael Rousseau will step down later this year after provoking a political uproar over his failure to speak French in a video message addressing a fatal New York plane ...

Air Canada announced Monday that its CEO will retire later this year, after Michael Rousseau was criticized for his English-only message of condolence following this month’s deadly crash in New York.

There’s a French dictum: Il faut tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche avant de parler. It means think before you speak. Ditto for the airline’s corporate directors, who have spent years offering ...

Air Canada has announced that its CEO will retire this year, following criticism over his English-only condolence message after two pilots died in a crash. The pilots died when their plane collided ...

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Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is stepping down after facing heated backlash for a video statement he made almost entirely in English after a fatal plane crash earlier this month – snubbing ...

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's retirement, announced on 30 March 2026, has renewed scrutiny over French-language expectations for executives leading Canada's federally regulated companies.