Air Canada Picked A CEO Who Passes The French Test — But The Fight Was Never Really About Fluency

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Air Canada picked Anko van der Werff as CEO, and his French appears more than good enough to satisfy Quebec’s language establishment. But the fight that helped push out Michael Rousseau was never really about fluency—it was about politics, power, and timing.