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01.04.26 - 20:37
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Stellantis in Talks to Make Chinese EVs at Idled Canadian Plant (Bloomberg)
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Stellantis NV is discussing options for building electric vehicles in Canada with its Chinese partner, Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of how quickly the auto industry is being reshaped after Canada opened the door to companies from the world's largest car market....
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01.04.26 - 18:06
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US Targets Canada′s Cloud-Computing Move as Trade Irritant (Bloomberg)
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The US Trade Representative has again cited Canada's laws about online platforms as trade barriers, and added the country's sovereign-computing initiative to the list — a cluster of digital-economy issues that are likely to loom large in upcoming trade talks....
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31.03.26 - 20:06
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Air Canada CEO Out After Admitting In PR Video That He Can′t Speak French (ZeroHedge)
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Air Canada CEO Out After Admitting In PR Video That He Can't Speak French
Michael Rousseau is on his way out as head of Air Canada, after a crisis response that somehow made a bad situation worse - and then kept digging.
The backdrop: a fatal March 22 crash at LaGuardia Airport involving a flight from Montreal to New York City. Two pilots were killed.
Rousseau responded with a video offering his “deepest sorrow for everyone affected,” but delivered almost all of it in English, tossing in a token “bonjour” and “merci” like that would smooth things over, according to Bloomberg.
It did not.
In Quebec—where language politics are less “preference” and more “contact sport”—the backlash was immediate.
The National Assembly of Quebec unanimously called for him to go, and Prime Minister Mark Carney slammed the video as a “lack of judgment and lack of compassion.” Notably, one of the deceased pilots was from Quebec, which made the whole thing land even worse.
Rousseau tried ...
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31.03.26 - 16:54
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Air Canada CEO′s French Fiasco Touches a Nerve in Restive Quebec (Bloomberg)
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Michael Rousseau took more than 300 hours of French lessons after he became chief executive officer of Air Canada. But when he faced the camera to read a solemn statement after a fatal ground collision in New York last week, he uttered only two words in the language: “bonjour” and “merci.”...
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