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Air Canada chief apologizes after English-only message to plane crash victims

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Air Canada chief apologizes after English-only message to plane crash victims

Michael Rousseau says his lack of French overshadowed families’ grief after Mark Carney and Quebec denounced his video

The chief executive of Air Canada has apologized for his inability to express himself in French after politicians called for his resignation for his English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York.

Air Canada’s CEO, Michael Rousseau, has been criticized for the four-minute condolence video posted online that included only two French words – “bonjour” and “merci”.

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Originally reported by The Guardian