The head of Canada’s largest airline has been summoned to Ottawa to explain why he spoke only in English when he offered his condolences to the families of those killed or hurt in the collision between a plane and a fire truck at a New York City airport on Sunday.
The Official Languages Committee voted on Tuesday afternoon to call Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to the capital to answer for a four-minute online video in which he spoke only two words in French.
I could see this occurring in NZ in 20 years or so (or less).
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition
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Yes, it's a wonder why, along with the ubiquitous 'signer', all such Govt podium pronouncements don't have written Te Reo running somewhere in the back or foreground? Another 'Maori economy' initiative awaits.
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