Montreal’s mayor is apologizing for speaking almost entirely in English as she delivered a speech highlighting international foreign investment in Montreal. Valerie Plante admits she made a mistake by not using more French as she addressed the crowd at an artificial intelligence gathering Tuesday. Je suis sortie de mon texte ce matin en m’adressant à un parterre d’investisseurs étrangers intelligence artificielle. Plante drew the ire of language critics for the speech, which contained no French except for a brief opening greeting and a thank you at the end. Plante said on Twitter last night that she had departed from her notes, and the speech should have been delivered mainly in French.

Source: National Post December 05, 2018 18:44 UTC