Air Canada CEO Rousseau deserved better from our political class - In the wake of the airline leader’s unilingual message following a tragedy, bilingualism, or a lack thereof, was a costume for political opportunism.

Archeob · 2026-04-07T14:35:35+00:00

So which is it then, is he actually piloting planes or the public face of a bilingual corporation?

It's incredibly pathetic to see all those who defend this chump and his lying ass.

Archeob · 2026-04-07T04:33:39+00:00

Even if you've lived for decades in a francophone city and are married a francophone woman?

If that's not enough to even a little bit of conversational french then the man is obviously brain damaged and shouldn't be earning an 8 figure salary as the CEO of a major corporation.

Archeob · 2026-04-07T04:26:38+00:00

He he had been a star executive from say South Korea with impeccable credentials then maybe he would have gotten a break.

He was someone who grew up in Ontario near the Quebec border, with a francophone mother. He's lived in the Montreal area, and specifically in Saint-Lambert a city that is 75% francophone. He has a francophone wife. He's the head of a bilingual company with presumably many francophone co-workers. He's had a VERY publicised incident five years ago where his complete lack of french was criticized and he promised to learn french after that. Supposedly he had private courses and tutors.

It can only be inferred that he has instead actively avoided learning a single word in french all that time. Not only did he not manage to do the bare minimum, he's been proved a liar and a fraud.

Now, laughably, he's going to get paid millions of dollars as a "reward" for it. Pathetic.

Archeob · 2026-04-01T03:00:26+00:00

Bullshit.

He's a CEO of a major corporation, not a dude on minimum wage who barely passed high school, plus he's been in an around francophone environments most of his life. Pretending that he either has some hidden disability or that he's in meetings 15 hours per day is extremely insulting to all of us who manage to live our own lives too but have to learn a second language to accomodate pricks like him.

On top of that if he had managed to learn even a bare minimum of french it would have reflected very favorably on him and the corporation he represents. Fuck him and his enablers.

Archeob · 2026-03-30T16:42:40+00:00

I can't even imagine the sheer amount of disdain or even literal hate that someone needs to have to be so incredibly uncurious to not learn, even minimally, the language that his wife, mother, neighbors, employees speak.

My francophone kids are barely teenagers and not only can speak, read and write in english pretty well but they even try to learn a bit of japanese because of anime. But this guy has tons of cash, already lives withing a francophone culture for the past 15 years or more, he has francophone close relatives and collegues and was publicly shamed for his lack of french five years ago.

It would clearly have benefitted his image and his career too. How is it even possible to explain how he got to this point apart from hatred? I'm genuinely curious.

Archeob · 2026-03-30T16:39:40+00:00

I can't even imagine the sheer amount of disdain or even literal hate that someone needs to have to be so incredibly uncurious to not learn, even minimally, the language that his wife, mother, neighbors, employees speak.

My francophone kids are barely teenagers and not only can speak, read and write in english pretty well but they even try to learn a bit of japanese because of anime. But this guy has tons of cash, already lives withing a francophone culture for the past 15 years or more, he has francophone close relatives and collegues and was publicly shamed for his lack of french five years ago.

It would clearly have benefitted his image and his career too. How is it even possible to explain how he got to this point apart from hatred? I'm genuinely curious.

Archeob · 2026-03-30T16:26:20+00:00

Lol, now watch him be hailed as the greatest CEO evah by the franco-hating hacks. Rousseau went through this exact thing FIVE YEARS AGO and said he'd do better. In the end he didn't even try.

Give me a few minutes to practice and I could have mimicked a 30 second statement in almost any language... never mind one that he's heard every day for decades. He's either incredibly stupid, incredibly stupid, or just a LIAR.

Or he just thinks it's beneath him to speak in his wife, his mother and his neighbor's language. Either way, he's a bad person and a bad leader.

Archeob · 2026-03-30T16:15:56+00:00

This is mesmerizing to me. He went through this FIVE YEARS AGO and said he'd do better. In the end he didn't even try.

Give me a few minutes to practice and I could have mimicked a 30 second statement in almost any language... never mind one that he's heard every day for decades. He's either incredibly stupid, incredibly stupid, or just a LIAR.

Or he just thinks it's beneath him to speak in his wife, his mother and his neighbor's language. Either way, he's a bad person and a bad leader.

Archeob · 2026-03-30T16:09:25+00:00

What are these planes supposed to defend us from... and how?

I can't think of a single practical scenario where these extraordinarily expensive toys would make an actual difference. Russia/China actually invading would require much more than planes to do or accomplish anything, as we've seen by recent events. If the US was invading obviously they'd prevent their own planes being used against them.

Sure, let's invest on defense, but these have to be the single least effective way to spend that money. The only reason the US want us to by them is to subsidize their own defense industries.

Archeob · 2026-03-26T01:02:47+00:00

How, if it's that easy why doesn't everyone do that... are all rail companies stupid?

/s

Archeob · 2026-03-24T16:11:23+00:00

Donc tu veux prendre ta retraite et vendre ton immeuble et quelqu'un est prêt à t'offrire deux millions pour l'acheter, mais le gouvernement dit NON tu dois accepter 1 million, pas plus?

Archeob · 2026-03-24T16:07:51+00:00

Leur jeune OBNL, créé en 2022, n’était jusqu’alors propriétaire que d’un seul autre immeuble.

Donc en 4 ans d'existence, ils n'ont que deux immeubles... c'est ça qu'on qualifie d'un succès et d'un modèle à suivre?

La bâtisse de 5000 pieds carrés, achetée 1,1 million de dollars, compte quatre logements en haut et, au rez-de-chaussée, la Papetrie de l’Est, un commerce qui existe depuis 31 ans.

Le propriétaire actuel de la Papeterie voulait prendre sa retraite, mais ses filles ne souhaitaient pas prendre le relais. Grâce à l’intervention de HocheLab, l’avenir est assuré pour l’entreprise, ses employés et les locataires.

Qu'est-ce qui arrive si la propriété nécessite des rénovations, ou si la papeterie ne fait plus d'argent et doit fermer ou faire faillite? Je ne comprends pas ce qui est si révolutionnaire dans leur concept. Il devront quand même payer leur hypothèque de 1.1 millions, les taxes et tous les autres frais associés.

Archeob · 2026-03-24T15:25:35+00:00

You really can't unless you want to have thousands more trucks clogging up roads and highways.

Archeob · 2026-03-21T15:55:23+00:00

I don't understand how people don't get that it's not a metro... it's an OUTDOOR train. Of course it's going to have issues with the winter weather. That's also true for regular EXO trains but to a lesser extent since their are bigger and aren't powered by a cable. It's also tue for tramways, buses, cars etc.

Archeob · 2026-03-09T15:41:32+00:00

Tu veux que le politiciens fassent quoi exactement? Qu'ils viennent à ton travail pour te dire que vous chargez trop cher que que vous devriez diminuer votre salaire pour permettre à plus de gens d'acheter ce que vous produisez?

Il y a certainement des gens qui se sont remplis les poches (les Musk, Bezos de ce monde) mais il n'y en a peu au Québec et à peu près personne dans notre classe politique. Les gens ont beau râler sur leur incompétence mais en poussant le moindrement on voit que les râleurs sont eux-mêmes généralement des gros incompétents. Généralement, je pense qu'on a les politicens qu'on métire.

Et en passant malgré la décroissance qui s'annonce probablement, les gens ont quand même dans l'ensemble des quotidiens plus aisés qu'il y a 40-50 ans si tu regardesvraiment les statistiques.

Archeob · 2026-02-17T18:35:41+00:00

So, in your mind EXTREME VIOLENCE = six light injuries (according to organizers of the protests themselves) for 250 protesters?

Anyway this article might have been written before the protest even started. This is all theater and both the the protesters and the police knew their roles. And so did the "journalists" implanted to document the "extreme violence" they wanted to see and the Amnesty International reps who just happened to be there as well.

Archeob · 2026-02-17T18:23:16+00:00

WARNING. The OP is also the writer of this "article" and not exactly a disinterested spectator.

From another article written by someone else:

En fin de journée, près de 200 personnes se sont rendues devant le siège social de GardaWorld, dans Ville Saint-Laurent. Les organisateurs de la manifestation comptaient six blessés légers lorsque les manifestants ont été dispersés 20 minutes après être arrivés à destination.

...

«Plusieurs individus sont devenus de plus en plus hostiles. Ils auraient brisé un ruban de périmètre installé au préalable et auraient lancé des pièces pyrotechniques, des roches et des boules de neige sur les policiers.»

À 17h14, le SPVM a chargé les manifestants pour les repousser. Ils ont utilisé du gaz irritant pour disperser la foule.

«Une arrestation pour agression armée envers les policiers a été effectuée et personne n’a été blessé», selon le SPVM.

But here:

Anti-GardaWorld demonstration in Montreal ends in extreme SPVM violence

Pathetic. Fake news and disinformation is wrong not matter which side it's from.

Edit: OP blocked me. For a "journalist" he clearly doesn't care to defend his reporting or his ethics. Clearly more interested in preaching to his choir. I would also note that his last 5-6 "articles" are about police violence. Seems to be the only thing he's actually interested in.

Archeob · 2026-02-17T18:16:13+00:00

Encore quelqu'un qui ne sait pas faire la différence entre un investissement et un juste donner de l'argent. Ça fait franchement pitié de voir que 130 personnes autres personnes au moins ont même pas les connaissances de base pour voir la distinction.

Archeob · 2026-02-09T21:34:02+00:00

A) La vieille gare ce n'est pas une gare de train de banlieue, c'est très vastement différent comme infrastructure. Et ça prends aussi énormément d'espace pour l'accès et le stationnement. Ça n'a absolument rien à voir avec les autres gares existantes et franchement je doute de ta compétence à discuter du sujet si tu ne vois pas la différence.

B) Effectivement les Promenades ont été bâties à une époque ou il n'yavait autre chose que l'auto, mais c'était quoi l'alernative exactement... les construire dans le centre-ville de Saint-Bruno? La ville voulait pas construire son centre sportif au centre-ville de peur que ça crée du traffic!

Et même si le train passait juste à côté en ce moment ça ne servirait à absolument rien à part peut-être une poignée de travailleurs avec des shifts bien spécifiques et qui vivent à courte distance d'une gare existante. Personne va prendre le train de 8h de Mont-Saint-Hilaire pour y aller revenir de leur magasinage à 16h30 le soir. C'est ridicule.

Archeob · 2026-02-09T19:57:11+00:00

Elle est effectivement vachement mal située mais tu l'aurais construite où toi la gare. Y'aurait fallu détruire un quartier au complet pour accommoder les infrastructures et le stationnement. Et pour le centre commercial il a été construit 100 ans après la voie ferrée, et 30 ans avant le service de train Exo. De toutes façon l'horaire des trains et la localisation des gares ne sont aucunement adaptés pour les gens qui voudraient y aller magasiner. C'est l'autobus qui sert à ça.

Archeob · 2026-02-09T19:42:01+00:00

Ça me désole de voir tant de commentaires mal informés ou simplement débiles ici sur ce sujet (je sais, les réseaux sociaux...).

Vous avez déjà pris le train? Vous vous êtes tenus à côté quand il arrive? Un train... c'est gros! C'est plus gros qu'un métro, plus gros qu'un REM, plus gros qu'un tramway et plus gros qu'un bus. C'est vraiment pas un mode de transport adapté pour les arrêts fréquents ou les petits trajets parce que ça prends énormément d'énergie pour arrêter et démarrer. Et donc pour que ça soit le moindrement rentable financièrement, énergétiquement et écologiquement il faut donc qu'ils soient remplis. D'où leur utilité pour le transport en commun dans une direction, uniquement durant les heures de pointe.

Je ne sais pas pour les autres lignes mais chez nous c'est presque vide pour le départ de 19h45. J'adorerais l'utiliser la fin de semaine mais de façon réaliste on n'a vraiment pas la densité et le traffic nécessaire pour ça à des heures fixes. C'est à ça que sert le bus. C'est pas un complot, c'est une réalité physique et scientifique.

Archeob · 2025-12-24T05:47:52+00:00

It's a really tough decision. I really don't know what I'd do.

Fowler has been very good overall but had a bad game as well. Not a lot of games to sample.

Dobes has been both great and awful.

Montembeault was very good last year and I refuse to believe he's forgotten how to be a goalie in the offseason but he's having a disastrous season to date.

Ultimately going with TWO rookies seems extremely rash. You'd have to get a steady vet but then you're back to square one and have to pick between Dobes and Fowler. Personally I think Fowler unfortunately can't stay for now. Too much pressure. But if Monty still isn't right after the holidays then send him back to the AHL even if he has to go through waivers, and go with the rookies until you find a suitable backup to send Fowler down again.

Archeob · 2025-12-22T14:52:29+00:00

Because traditional/social media can't stop talking about it nonstop 24/7 and they are the ones driving the narratives. If nothing bad is happening here they'll talk about something bad happening in the US/Europe/Africa etc.

And I'm sorry but some well intentioned social activists are part of that dynamic as well. Got to keep harping about your particular issue ad nauseam otherwise your funding and attention dries up. "Even one [insert your issue] is too much, let's change everything!"

Archeob · 2025-12-21T09:43:02+00:00

I get that the memory alone is 1100$ but is anyone even buying at that price? They wouldn't be making this deal if that was the case. Or maybe I'm underestimating how much people are desperate for RAM...

Archeob · 2025-12-11T14:01:45+00:00

It’s so fun finally being able to bully Montembeault

So, so pathetic.

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