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Avez-vous déjà vu un passager demander un verre d’eau ou un café en anglais sur un vol d’Air Canada et se faire répondre uniquement en français? Jamais. Et à ceux qui demandent quand allons-nous arrêter d’en parler. La réponse est simple. Jamais. Par contre, on se souvient.

@DimitrisSoudas There is no legal obligation for Rousseau to communicate condolences in French. None. This makes Quebec and people like you look stupid.

Let’s be precise. Millions of Canadians are not paid 12 million dollars a year to lead a company that is legally bound by the Official Languages Act. That standard exists for a reason. It comes with the job. It is not optional. Framing this as a struggle of “ordinary Canadians versus elites” is simply not grounded in reality. In Ottawa, the vast majority of deputy ministers are Anglophone. In cabinet, francophone ministers have often presented in English. I do not recall many, if any, Anglophone ministers presenting in French. The imbalance you are pointing to is not where you suggest it is. This is not about sidelining anyone. It is about leadership and responsibility. Mr. Rousseau has lived in Quebec for two decades. His spouse is francophone. He leads a national carrier subject to federal law. He publicly committed years ago to learning French. After hundreds of hours of tutoring, in a moment that required dignity and respect, he could not deliver even a few sentences in the language of one of the victims and their family. That is not about control. That is about priority. And let’s be honest about the lived reality of this country. Francophones who move into majority Anglophone environments adapt quickly because they must. They do not have the luxury of opting out. That expectation has never been controversial. Yet when the expectation is reversed at the highest levels of leadership, it suddenly becomes a debate about fairness. It is not. Canada made a foundational choice. Two official languages. Not one and a half. Not when convenient. Not when it is easy. In moments of tragedy, language is not a technicality. It is how you show respect. It is how you honour people. It is how you lead. Reducing this to a question of control or elite pressure misses the point entirely and risks turning a matter of basic respect into an unnecessary division.

@MujahidZulkifl You wouldn’t know the first thing about leadership. 🖕

This Isn’t a Stage. This Is the Legislature. This is not a campaign rally. This is not political theatre. This is the Legislative Building of Alberta. And unfortunately, the person setting the tone there is Premier Danielle Smith. Albertans expect seriousness. They expect accountability. They expect leadership grounded in facts, not performance politics. The Legislature is where laws are debated. Where taxpayer money is approved. Where government is supposed to be held accountable. When it starts looking like messaging strategy instead of responsible governance, people notice. This building belongs to the people of Alberta, not to any one political brand. Leadership is not about drama. It’s about duty. #Alberta #DanielleSmith #AbLeg #AlbertaPolitics #Accountability #Leadership

@JeffreyLuscombe Been there multiple times in the last year, nobody down there gives a flying fuck about Canada. They definitely don’t care you canceled trips.

We cancelled a planned trip to Florida last winter and another in the summer to New York City. I hear a LOT of other Canadian have done the same. You?

@nationalpost @cselley This is stupid

Quebec demands Air Canada’s CEO resignation in 92 to 0 vote financialpost.com/transportation…

Opinion: Carney’s Industrial Carbon Tax imposes real costs on Canadians financialpost.com/opinion/opinio…

Tim Powers was on Power & Politics last night discussing the Air Canada CEO and he nailed it on this. The media & politicians who used this tragic moment to score political points are scum.

Former TC Energy pipeline exec Dennis McConaghy on a possible KeystoneXL revival "Well, my first concern about this Canadian government is how they deal with two outstanding issues in the MoU." "Open ended carbon taxes on industrial emissions and dates for decarbonizing any incremental oil production out of Canada." "Those are basic showstoppers." "So people can talk a lot about pipelines and pipeline alternatives, but if you don't have any incremental production to fill the pipeline, it's the moot point." "So there's a lot of very dramatic bargaining ahead."

@KashPrime It’s exhausting listening to you idiots

This issue here might seem ridiculous from the outside, but Canada is a dual nation-nation. It's one of the only countries that makes it work, with both languages respected across the country. And that means that Air Canada's CEO fell short here.

@CoryBMorgan This will be good .

Credit due to Jason Kenney for stepping up here. He debated Bruce Pardy as well and it was a great, civil conversation. Lukaszuk on the other hand.......

@penottawa We all understand, however it is seriously tone deaf to be complaining about language given the situation.

I guess people don’t understand that the co pilot was Antoine Forest from Québec. Sympathy should have been respectfully adressed in his language. #cdnpoli

@MarkJCarney What a load of shit

Canada is strongest when we work together. Today, Canada and Alberta reached an agreement to lower methane emissions in the oil and gas sector — to create good jobs, cut pollution, and help position Canada as the world’s supplier of choice for responsibly-produced energy.

@CTVMontreal Canada is not a serious country

Simon Jolin-Barrette calls for Air Canada CEO to resign over francophone disregard ctvnews.ca/montreal/artic…

@kyall No it’s not. It just makes you all look stupid complaining about it.

This golden cat statue is going to be the symbol of the entitlement of Danielle Smith. her entitlement to the Saudi private jet trips and luxury hotels - of which she will not reveal their cost - but have no doubt, are the biggest gifts ever received by a Canadian politician.

@globeandmail This article is absolute garbage

Opinion: LaGuardia collision offers Doug Ford a cautionary tale about expanding Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

@krassenstein No, he didn’t. x.com/marcnixon24/st…👇

TRUMP DID THIS. I heard 2 Canadians next to me complaining about how Trump is making Canada unaffordable. Trump is screwing the world.

@007GoldMiner @cspotweet No need. They will get their referendum question.

@PJ_Bateman @cspotweet Then see his further comments...

What's happening with the Forever Canada petition? Nothing, says the Alberta NDP. They're accusing the UCP of stalling in favour of the pro-separation movement.

@EvHanson2 It was Trump, it was Danielle Smith. There is nothing she can’t do.

As a Canadian, I am pretty pissed off that 2 Canadian pilots lost their lives because of Trump and his goons turning the US into a freaking clown show. The US needs to get its fucking act together already. Enough is enough, people.

BREAKING: RCMP executed search warrants at the homes of former Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek, sitting councillor Andre Chabot, and former councillor Sean Chu, seizing cellphones as part of an ongoing federal corruption investigation tied to Calgary city hall.

@007GoldMiner @cspotweet Looks like Bitter Thomas will get what he asked for:

@PJ_Bateman @cspotweet There is a difference. See these 4 screenshots...