Terrance B. Sweeney

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[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@Alacrity59 @niuqapimiar @stephen_taylor He still is the CEO of Air Canada. He’s retiring the end of September or beginning of October.

Btw, Rousseau is the 5th President/CEO of AC since privatization, that didn’t speak French.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@slawman75 @cselley @MooreintheAM He has announced his retirement, set for Q3 (end of Sept beginning of Oct )2026.
Rousseau will stay on to lead until his departure and assist with the transition.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@maccoolm @Stevecoady416 @gregbradyx Jazz Aviation LP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@Tybernicus17 @gregbradyx She doesn’t work for Air Canada, her employer is Jazz Aviation LP a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. and her health care benefits would be covers by them.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@AndrewB23225654 @terrynewman Michael Rousseau is the 5th Air Canada CEO that doesn’t speak French.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@tabarnak8252 @mdt546 No, Air Canada is not a public-private partnership (PPP). It is a privately owned, publicly traded company (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under TSX: AC) that operates as a commercial airline.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@andi_1117 @Gladstonian1953 @mdt546 Rousseau is the 5th Air Canada CEO who doesn’t speak French.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@NorthernPyrite @Mitchell_AB The Act contains no provisions requiring bilingualism for any individual in leadership roles, and the Canada Business Corporations Act (under which Air Canada continues) also imposes no such rule.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@NorthernPyrite @Mitchell_AB These rules focus on corporate obligations for customer service, communications, and (to a lesser extent) the workplace—not on personal language proficiency for the CEO, president, board members, or other leaders.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@BullzOverBearz @HugoQuichotte @mario4thenorth Actually, Hollis Harris (1992-1996), Lamar Durrett (1996-1999), Robert Milton(1999-2004) and Monty Brewer (2004-2009) were all President and CEO of Air Canada and were all non- bilingual, so there really is no precedent for the CEO to be bilingual.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@jernalistNB @FiftyFootNest @Mitchell_AB None of this lessens the impact of the death of these two young pilots, a fact that can’t be forgotten in all of this.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@jernalistNB @FiftyFootNest @Mitchell_AB Under this agreement:
• Air Canada determines the routes, schedules, and pricing.
• Air Canada purchases all the seat capacity from Jazz.
• Jazz handles the actual flight operations, crew, and maintenance for those flights.
This is a contractual partnership, not ownership.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@univrsle @Foote900 These rules focus on corporate obligations for customer service, communications, and (to a lesser extent) the workplace—not on personal language proficiency for the CEO, president, board members, or other leaders.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@univrsle @Foote900 You may think that however, there is no requirement in the Air Canada Act (formally the Air Canada Public Participation Act) or related legislation mandating that the CEO (or other executives) be bilingual in French and English.

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@jernalistNB @FiftyFootNest @Mitchell_AB It’s true. The pilots were in the employment of Jazz Aviation Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation. They were flying under the Air Canada Express banner as a feeder airline.

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@NorthernPyrite @Mitchell_AB Wrong. Air Canada is a private company traded on the stock exchange, not govt funded and the CEO is not under obligation to know how to speak French.

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@Fil_Cortese @jkenney Air Canada is a private company publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and not subsidize by the federal govt.

[Terrance B. Sweeney @TerranceB]

@univrsle @jkenney Technically, the pilots were in the employment of Jazz Aviation a wholly owned subsidy of Chorus Aviation and not for Air Canada. However they were flying under the Air Canada Express banner as a regional feeder airline.

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@BullzOverBearz @HugoQuichotte @mario4thenorth However, there is no requirement in the Air Canada Act (formally the Air Canada Public Participation Act) or related legislation mandating that the CEO (or other executives) be bilingual in French and English.

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@BullzOverBearz @HugoQuichotte @mario4thenorth Air Canada’s head office is in Quebec (Montreal) because it’s required to maintain it there as part of the Air Canada Participation Act 1988, the federal legislation that privitized Air Canada.