Michael Rousseau sparked controversy by issuing an English-only video message to express condolences after a deadly collision on March 22 between an Air Canada jet and a firetruck at New York's LaGuardia Airport, one of the two pilots killed in the accident was from French-speaking Quebec.

Two pilots died when an Air Canada Jazz flight from Montreal collided with a fire truck on the runway shortly after landing in New York.

Michael Rousseau faced calls to resign for his English-only message after the fatal Air Canada collision at LaGuardia airport.