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Good Talk -- What Did Air Canada's CEO Moment Tell Us?
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Good Talk -- What Did Air Canada's CEO Moment Tell Us?

A terrible crash of an Air Canada jet in New York becomes a language crisis at the top of the country's national airline. The airline employs more than 35 thousand people, about a third of them in Montreal. But their Montreal based CEO speaks only English and this week that became painfully clear. Bruce and Chantal have their thoughts on what this says about Canadian bilingualism. Plus final thoughts on the NDP race.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · chantal hebert, Peter Mansbirdge, Bruce Anderson

March 27, 202652m 30s

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A terrible crash of an Air Canada jet in New York becomes a language crisis at the top of the country's national airline.  The airline employs more than 35 thousand people, about a third of them in Montreal.  But their Montreal based CEO speaks only English and this week that became painfully clear.  Bruce and Chantal have their thoughts on what this says about Canadian bilingualism.  Plus final thoughts on the NDP race.


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