Canadian prime minister says Air Canada CEO’s English-only condolences lacked compassion

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that the Air Canada CEO’s English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York showed a lack of compassion and judgement and Quebec’s premier called on the airline executive to resign.

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is being summoned to testify at Parliament’s official languages committee after he shared a four-minute condolence video online that only included two French words — “bonjour” and “merci.”

Antoine Forest...