Quebec’s premier and others called on the airline executive to resign.
FILE – Officials investigate the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York.
Canada’s largest airline, based in French-speaking Quebec, said Rousseau told the board he will retire by the end of the third quarter.Israel punishes a military unit that assaulted a CNN crew in the West BankAn Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing training Canada is an officially bilingual nation, and Prime Minister Mark Carney had said the English-only message showed a lack of compassion and judgment. Quebec’s premier and others called on the airline executive to resign.in the crash at LaGuardia Airport, was a French-speaking Quebecer. Forest and Mackenzie Gunther died when the Air Canada Jazz flight from Montreal collided with a fire truck on the runway shortly after landing. Canada’s largest airline is headquartered in Montreal. Rousseau previously had been criticized for not speaking French. He delivered his condolence video message in English, with French subtitles. The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has received hundreds of complaints about it. Quebec Premier François Legault noted that when Rousseau was appointed president of the airline in February 2021, he promised to learn French. Quebec’s identity has been contentious since the 1760s, when the British completed their takeover of what was then called New France. Quebec is about 80% French-speaking.75 arrested in downtown LA at ‘No Kings’ protest; federal officers injured, authorities sayNo more Cesar Chavez day, but some offices, services will still be closed in LA CountyUCLA’s Eric Freeny intends to stay for sophomore seasonLaid-off KTLA weathercaster Kacey Montoya will return for a few more weeks
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