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Air Canada's CEO Is Getting Roasted For Saying He's Lived In MTL Without Speaking French

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau said at a conference Wednesday that he's lived in Montreal without French and ça passe pas auprès many elected officials.

"I've been able to live in Montreal without speaking French and I think that's a testament to the City of Montreal," Rousseau said in response to a journalist's question. The comment triggered swift criticism.

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A Group Of Montreal Island Mayors Is Asking Quebec To Keep Their Cities' Bilingual Status

The Association des municipalités de banlieue (AMB), a group of 15 mayors of suburbs on Montreal Island, has unveiled its list of recommendations to the Quebec government as part of the Bill 96 hearings and is pleading with the government to allow bilingual municipalities to retain their status should the bill become law.

Bill 96 states that a municipality that currently has "bilingual status" could have its status revoked by the OQLF if the area's English speakers don't represent the majority of the population — the threshold required by the Charter of the French Language for a municipality to obtain the status.

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