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Chris Selley: It's insane to focus on the French of Air Canada's CEO

A plane smashed into a fire truck. Two people are dead, others in hospital. Let's talk about official bilingualism

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There are days when Canada just makes me want to crawl under the bed and hide. Days when I wonder if this country really is redeemable, despite its endless natural resources, generally level-headed and tolerant population, geographic insulation from global strife and hundreds of years of good luck. Tuesday was one of those days. Wednesday was another. I’m not expecting Thursday to be any better.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney, for all his faults and blind spots and middling-at-best results thus far, at least seems like someone who’s generally interested in making us a wealthier and more productive country. But then there he was on Wednesday, reproaching Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau for having reacted to Sunday night’s fatal accident at LaGuardia Airport in an English-language video.

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