Air Canada CEO to retire after bilingual backlash over pilots tribute
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Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by Q3 2026 after a public backlash over a four-minute condolence video in which he spoke only two French words about pilots killed in a LaGuardia crash; critics, including political leaders, argued the unilingual message violated Canada's bilingual obligations, prompting calls for his resignation, while Rousseau apologized and pledged to improve his French.
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