Case & Point: is not there to be nice or desirable! "..... is not there to be nice or desirable. He is there to get a job done."
A point that should be taken, not well taken!
2021-11-09 07:53 ET - In the News
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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Quebec's language quagmire is legendary, and last week, Air Canada chief executive officer Michael Rousseau waded into it. Guest columnist Ashley Nunes writes that Air Canada is a business, and the goal of a business is to make money. It would be nice and desirable, given that Air Canada is headquartered in Montreal, if his bilingualism passed provincial muster. However, Mr. Rousseau is not there to be nice or desirable. He is there to get a job done. This means maximizing returns for shareholders while keeping fares low (something consumers care about) and goods across the country moving (something the government cares about). There's little evidence to suggest he has been unable to meet that challenge because his French skills aren't up to par. To the contrary, all the available evidence suggests that Mr. Rousseau's comments are being grossly exaggerated by a select few. Instead of explaining to the masses that being unilingual is not a fireable offence, instead of clarifying that the Official Languages Act does not compel Canadians to speak a particular language, federal and provincial lawmakers have instead opted to fan the flames to curry public favour.
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