This article is well worth reading, although I think we’re taking different things away from it:

- 1000 complaints to the official languages commission? While a nice, big number, its likely a meaningless stat. I somehow doubt he’s broken any law or rule, so it’s not clear what his offence is, and what they’re supposed to rule on. As far as I know, there is no rule that stops him (or anyone) from giving speeches entirely in English anywhere in QC, apart from the prevailing political sentiment.

- Think it’s a bit odd that the PM has weighed in on this. I’m not convinced that nationalizing this speech issue is a good idea. The last time this was in the national limelight (very recently), it provoked polar opposite responses from not one, but two demographics. For AC, on the other hand, it might not be too bad. It might make AC more popular with that growing LH/ULH segment across Canada. But broadly speaking, probably best if they’d kept this local.

- Lots of claims now that warnings were issued in advance. Makes it look like AC has taken a position on this debate. Alternatively, a bureaucratic kerfuffle that probably meant the warning didn’t make it to where it needed to. Which wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s flown AC, but that’s beside the point. I still think he waded into this unintentionally, but perhaps this is part of an AC strategy to show Ottawa the chaos they can cause - perhaps to get the latter to water down the ACPPA. I’m familiar enough with AC’s corporate mindset to not discount it anyway. What’s more bizarre is the fact that the people who warned that it will cause a firestorm, are now actively pouring fuel on it.