Air Canada CEO announces retirement after row over English-only condolence message

Posted on March 30, 2026
By Le Monde
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Air Canada CEO announces retirement after row over English-only condolence message

Michael Rousseau sparked controversy by issuing an English-only video message to express condolences after a deadly collision on March 22 between an Air Canada jet and a firetruck at New York's LaGuardia Airport, one of the two pilots killed in the accident was from French-speaking Quebec.