Xavier Barsalou-Duval at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On April 25th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 25th, 2022 / 11:50 a.m.

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Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC

I noticed that you spoke entirely in English during your opening remarks.

Recently, we read a letter from the Teamsters union, which mentioned a certain climate of fear among those who work in French in the company and are unilingual. They fear reprisals and being left on the sidelines if they do not speak English. There are managers who do not speak French in the company, which makes it impossible for unilingual French speakers to work with them.

Would you say that, at CN, the corporate culture is hostile to French?

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