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Air Canada said its CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by the end of the third quarter after his English-only condolence message for the LaGuardia crash drew widespread criticism and complaints to Canada’s language authorities, with Quebec leaders calling for a bilingual successor and underscoring tensions around language policy in the province.
Air Canada will search for a new CEO fluent in French after Michael Rousseau said he will retire by September, following backlash to an English-only condolence message for a fatal crash at New York's LaGuardia, highlighting Canada’s bilingual service obligations and prompting scrutiny from officials.
Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by Q3 2026 after a public backlash over a four-minute condolence video in which he spoke only two French words about pilots killed in a LaGuardia crash; critics, including political leaders, argued the unilingual message violated Canada's bilingual obligations, prompting calls for his resignation, while Rousseau apologized and pledged to improve his French.
Air Canada said CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by the end of the company’s fiscal third quarter, following criticism of a condolence message delivered mostly in English after a fatal LaGuardia runway crash. The airline will search for a successor with strong French-language skills, reflecting Canada’s bilingual framework and the airline’s need to emphasize bilingual leadership.