@mtlgazette This government won’t stop until the English public system is completely dismantled. Cuts, neglect, and political games are pushing students, families, and staff to the brink. Public education is not a privilege — it’s a right. Enough is enough!!!
@mtlgazette A farewell should bring people together, not deepen the divide. Leadership is about lifting people up, not leaving them suspicious of each other.
Good riddance to @francoislegault politics built on fear. Now we move forward and hopefully it will be better and not worst.
🚨 Alessandro Del Piero on Italy’s third World Cup miss in a row ❌🇮🇹
“Italy is now the laughing stock of international football. Missing three World Cups in a row is genuinely unforgivable. How can a nation like this miss out on a whole generation of World Cups? Four-time winners haven’t scored a World Cup goal in 20 years. We used to have world-class players, but today the players are very average.”
@JdeMontreal Avant, il faisait un excellent travail — alors qu’est-ce qui a changé? Le fait qu’il ne parle pas français?En cédant à la pression politique, vous ne protégez pas des valeurs vous créez de la division. Le vrai leadership, c’est défendre la compétence, pas plier devant le bruit.
@globepolitics@globeandmail Before this, he was doing an excellent job what changed? The fact that he didn’t speak French?By caving to political pressure, you’re not protecting values—you’re creating division. Leadership means standing by competence, not bending to noise.
Do better, Air Canada. @AirCanada
@CityNewsMTL Before this, he was doing an excellent job what changed? The fact that he didn’t speak French? By caving to political pressure, you’re not protecting values—you’re creating division. Leadership means standing by competence, not bending to noise.
Do better, Air Canada.@AirCanada
@globeandmail At the CHUM hospital in Montreal, & I was speaking Italian to my mother a man yelled “retourne dans votre pays.” This is what division looks like. Qc politicians create this division are using this horrific accident to push their agenda. Let’s not forgot the 2 heroic pilots.🙏
Deadly crash hijacked by elites obsessed with optics
In the aftermath of a horrific crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, where an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck, killing two pilots and injuring others, you might expect the focus to remain on the victims, the investigation and the grieving families. Instead, Canada’s political class have bizarrely chosen a different priority: language.
Within hours of the tragedy, Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau delivered a public statement. It was subdued, emotional and clearly delivered by a man running on little sleep, thrust into crisis management in the darkest of circumstances. He spoke in English, with French subtitles provided — a practical decision given the urgency and gravity of the moment.
But for some politicians, that wasn’t good enough.
Rather than showing restraint, figures like Mélanie Joly and Mark Carney seized the moment to criticize Rousseau for not speaking French. The implication? That in the immediate aftermath of a deadly crash, linguistic optics somehow outweigh leadership, coordination and compassion.
It’s hard to overstate how misplaced that reaction is.
At that moment, Rousseau wasn’t preparing a polished bilingual address for political approval, he was dealing with a catastrophe. Families needed answers. Emergency responses needed coordination. Facts were still emerging. The idea that he should have prioritized delivering a second-language statement, one he is not fluent in, borders on absurd.
Even more striking is Rousseau’s documented effort to learn French. By his own company’s account, he has invested roughly 600 hours into improving his proficiency. That’s not indifference, it’s commitment. Yet in a moment of crisis, that effort was dismissed as insufficient by critics eager to score points, particularly in Quebec.
And that’s what this looks like: opportunism.
REPORT by @ezralevant:
@globepolitics@globeandmail Worried about language? What about air traffic control safety? What about the two pilots who lost their lives? What about the families who are absolutely devastated right now?
Instead of turning this into another debate, maybe we should be talking about the courageous pilot.
@CJAD800@ThomasMulcair@andrewcarter800 My news feed is flooded with complaints about language—yes, it should have been bilingual. But can we talk about the two pilots who tragically lost their lives? Does anyone care about that anymore? #narcissism#nocompassion
@mtlgazette Losing a loved one is a profound and devastating tragedy. In a moment like this, language is irrelevant, grief overshadows ALL.Stop politicizing this immediately. It is inappropriate and deeply disrespectful to both families. @MarkJCarney@francoislegault@ToulasTake