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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ench-1.6236690
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau has apologized and committed to improving his French amid heavy backlash by federal and Quebec officials, including the premier today, who called Rousseau's comments on Wednesday shocking and disrespectful.
On Wednesday, the CEO delivered a 26-minute speech at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, during which he only spoke French for about 20 seconds. After the speech, Rousseau was asked in French by a journalist for Quebec TV news channel LCN how he's managed to live in Montreal for so long despite speaking little French.
https://twitter.com/AirCanada/status...626888717?s=20
He kept a dig his statement against Quebec's "French only" politicians by saying French is an official language in Canada and adding that French is the common language in Quebec, stopping short of saying that it is "THE official language in Quebec".