Air Canada CEO Rousseau did us no favours in Quebec

In a province obsessed with the status of French, this controversy will boost Bloc fortunes in the federal byelection in Terrebonne, and also assist the separatist Parti Québécois in its quest to form government after the fall provincial election.
Michael Rousseau
The politicization of the March 22 tragedy was tasteless, but outgoing Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau’s unilingual statement lets nationalists will lump us anglophones in as being insensitive to Quebec, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of X
Opinion
BY ANDREW CADDELL
April 8, 2026

MONTREAL—The tragic events of the night of March 22 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport continue to resonate across Canada. The facts as they are known: an Air Canada Jazz flight from Montreal struck a firetruck crossing the runway, resulting in the deaths of two pilots—Qu...

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