Carney slams Air Canada's Michael Rousseau over lack of compassion following English-only condolence video
Prime Minister Mark Carney has publicly criticized the CEO, stating that his unilingual message lacked necessary respect for victims' families and failed to acknowledge Quebecois culture as a French-speaking province requires bilingualism in official communications; Ottawa lawmakers have summoned Rousseau further scolding him over this failure while noting he is not repeating it.
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1Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's English-only condolence video as lacking compassion following a fatal plane crash in New York.
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2Carney emphasized that Canadians live proudly in a bilingual country and expressed disappointment over the absence of French language usage during messages for victims' families, including one from Quebec.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's English-only condolence video as lacking compassion, emphasizing that Canadians proudly live in a bilingual country.
— "Lack of compassion': Carney slams Air Canada CEO for English-only video following death of pilots (Nationalpost)Canadian lawmakers are set to summon the airline chief executive officer and scold him at an official languages committee because he delivered his message about LaGuardia plane crash in only one language.
— "Petty Ottawa" lawmakers summon Air Canada CEO to reprimand for English-only statement (Daily Mail)Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that the four-minute condolence video from Michael Rousseau showed a lack of compassion and judgement after Sunday's deadly plane crash in New York, leading him into hot water.
— "Carney" very disappointed by Air Canada CEO for English-only message (Ca.news.yahoo.com)Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the decision to express condolences only in one language following a fatal air disaster at LaGuardia Airport where two pilots were killed, noting that Quebec is part of this bilingual nation.
— "Carney" condemns Air Canada CEO's English-only statement (Globalnews.ca)