AIR CANADA CEO WILL RETIRE AFTER FRENCH-LANGUAGE FLUB

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by October, the airline said on Monday, after he sparked a backlash for failing to offer condolences in French, one of Canada's two official languages, over a crash that killed two pilots.

Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the ​move. Last week he said Rousseau had shown a lack of judgment by releasing only an English ​video after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck at New York's ⁠LaGuardia Airport over the weekend. Rousseau later issued an apology for the lapse.

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