Unions claim Air Canada has betrayed its workers

Protestors, mainly employees from bankrupt Aveos, gathered at ACE Aviation’s annual meeting yesterday where Air Canada’s former parent company shareholders approved the plan to dissolve the holding company after less than 10 years of operation. In a statement, ACE confirmed that shareholders had approved the wind up of the company and plans to distribute between $250 million and $300 million in the coming weeks. The unions reacted angrily to the news. Jean Poirier, vice-president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said on the steps of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: “They are going to distribute $350