AC's Duncan Dee said to be quitting (says Toronto Star)
Jul 19, 2012, 8:24 am
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Air Canada announced Thursday it had appointed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s current deputy chief of staff, Derek Vanstone, as its new vice-president of corporate strategy, industry and government affairs.
Mr. Vanstone will take over some of the duties currently performed by Duncan Dee, Air Canada chief operating officer, who announced he would be taking early retirement this fall.
Air Canada announced Thursday it had appointed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s current deputy chief of staff, Derek Vanstone, as its new vice-president of corporate strategy, industry and government affairs.
Mr. Vanstone will take over some of the duties currently performed by Duncan Dee, Air Canada chief operating officer, who announced he would be taking early retirement this fall.
Jul 19, 2012, 8:25 am
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Air Canada announced Thursday it had appointed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s current deputy chief of staff, Derek Vanstone, as its new vice-president of corporate strategy, industry and government affairs.
Mr. Vanstone will take over some of the duties currently performed by Duncan Dee, Air Canada chief operating officer, who announced he would be taking early retirement this fall.
Air Canada announced Thursday it had appointed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s current deputy chief of staff, Derek Vanstone, as its new vice-president of corporate strategy, industry and government affairs.
Mr. Vanstone will take over some of the duties currently performed by Duncan Dee, Air Canada chief operating officer, who announced he would be taking early retirement this fall.
Jul 19, 2012, 9:04 am
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Lets put this less prejudicially and more accurately: not surprising given the amount of meddling all governments (Liberal and Conservative) have done in the affairs of AC. When both sides finally figure out how stupid that is, and how detrimental to both, and actually let the airline run as a business with managers that exist due to (primarily) merit and not cronyism, we will all be better off. But given that he has less than zero relevant industry experience, this falls pretty clearly in the realm of favoritism and payoffs. Ridiculous. Any other company run like this is either a government department or bankrupt. How can anybody be dumb enough to own shares of AC?
Jul 19, 2012, 3:04 pm
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Lets put this less prejudicially and more accurately: not surprising given the amount of meddling all governments (Liberal and Conservative) have done in the affairs of AC. When both sides finally figure out how stupid that is, and how detrimental to both, and actually let the airline run as a business with managers that exist due to (primarily) merit and not cronyism, we will all be better off. But given that he has less than zero relevant industry experience, this falls pretty clearly in the realm of favoritism and payoffs. Ridiculous. Any other company run like this is either a government department or bankrupt. How can anybody be dumb enough to own shares of AC?
Do wonder how it got by the Ethics Committee tho.
Jul 19, 2012, 4:43 pm
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very soon it will be called the Conservative Party Airline of Canada...........CPAC.........Those Liberals and NDP better secure Porter and WestJet....... Green party.... well they can walk (more environmentally sustainable)
Jul 19, 2012, 5:53 pm
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And I say this as a staunchly non-aligned non-political person: but this is hardly a Conservative problem. The Liberals meddled just as much in AC, put an end to more strikes, and no doubt indulged in cronyism, patronage appointments, and questionable ethics with AC just as much as the Conservatives are and have. And if anybody doubts the new NDP based thoroughly in Quebec (the virtual home of all the above bad behaviours) would behave any different they need to get off the crack pipe.
Jul 19, 2012, 6:33 pm
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Because the "ethics committee" is an ethics commissioner that doesnt really do anything? Or have any teeth? And is politically appointed?
And I say this as a staunchly non-aligned non-political person: but this is hardly a Conservative problem. The Liberals meddled just as much in AC, put an end to more strikes, and no doubt indulged in cronyism, patronage appointments, and questionable ethics with AC just as much as the Conservatives are and have. And if anybody doubts the new NDP based thoroughly in Quebec (the virtual home of all the above bad behaviours) would behave any different they need to get off the crack pipe.
And I say this as a staunchly non-aligned non-political person: but this is hardly a Conservative problem. The Liberals meddled just as much in AC, put an end to more strikes, and no doubt indulged in cronyism, patronage appointments, and questionable ethics with AC just as much as the Conservatives are and have. And if anybody doubts the new NDP based thoroughly in Quebec (the virtual home of all the above bad behaviours) would behave any different they need to get off the crack pipe.
Jul 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
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Liberal governments certainly meddled far too much in AC's affairs, but they didn't end any strikes at AC that I can remember. Since I joined there has been only one AC strike under Liberal watch. It was the ACPA one in the late 1990s, and the strike ran its course.
Jul 19, 2012, 8:02 pm
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Bryce Mackasey of "no whore like an old whore" was a former AC Chairman...a long-time Liberal Party hack who put in a 3hr day and who was despised by Claude Taylor and Claude's secretary, Fran Williams. So, AC has long been a dumping ground for those with dubious qualifications for the executive suite.
Jul 19, 2012, 10:21 pm
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Actually I saw him boarding the Wednesday night late flight from Laguardia. Waiting in the Concierge office for rebooking my flight due to the nasty rain/lightening storms, he checked in for his flight. He looked very shart and energetic. I asked him if he is still running the airlines, and he answered "not very long..."
