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- It has some ridiculous language issues. We have the OQLF which goes from business to business to fine anyone not adhering to the French language laws. We once

- It has some ridiculous language issues. We have the OQLF which goes from business to business to fine anyone not adhering to the French language laws. We once got fined for having the accent the wrong way in our signage, and again for having the wrong verb conjugation in our tagline. - Dumbfounding Bureaucratic issues. Once when I went to University, I was able to prove to the Provincial Gov, that I lived in Quebec, but the same documents were not accepted by the Federal Gov to prove that I lived in Canada. Meaning I could prove that I lived in Quebec, but not that I lived in Canada. - And it was named the most corrupt Province in Canada. http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-most-corrupt-province/ http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-most-corrupt-province...

jpambrun 11y ago
I'm pretty sure that the OQLF works on a complaint basis.
- johnatwork 11y ago
  Pretty sure no one complained about this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burgundy-lion-oqlf-1.3423616 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burgundy-lion-oqlf-1.... Also, as soon as my friend's company who does most of her business to the States got to a certain amount of employees, they had their agents come in to switch out all of the keyboards and software into French, and advised to make internal emails communications in French as well.
  - jpambrun 11y ago
    From that article: >A spokesman for the OQLF said the letter is only for information purposes, and there are no penalties involved. The agency's goal, Jean-Pierre Le Blanc said, is to let business owners know that French-language versions of such promotional stickers exist. >"This is one of about 300 to 400 letters we sent this month to businesses," said Le Blanc. "It's not an investigation. It's not a complaint. It's an incentive." I suspect that the keyboard anecdote is inflated. However, the official work language is French, but that is only because we don't want the majority to become second-class citizens..
    - johnatwork 11y ago
      EDIT - Removed Original Comment You know what, I'm getting emotional on the Internet. I'm going to stop arguing here. It's not productive, and there's nothing to prove.
branchless 11y ago
As I said when they rack up $500K corruption I'll have equivalent living costs to Vancouver.

jpambrun 11y ago

I'm pretty sure that the OQLF works on a complaint basis.

johnatwork 11y ago
Pretty sure no one complained about this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burgundy-lion-oqlf-1.3423616 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burgundy-lion-oqlf-1.... Also, as soon as my friend's company who does most of her business to the States got to a certain amount of employees, they had their agents come in to switch out all of the keyboards and software into French, and advised to make internal emails communications in French as well.
- jpambrun 11y ago
  From that article: >A spokesman for the OQLF said the letter is only for information purposes, and there are no penalties involved. The agency's goal, Jean-Pierre Le Blanc said, is to let business owners know that French-language versions of such promotional stickers exist. >"This is one of about 300 to 400 letters we sent this month to businesses," said Le Blanc. "It's not an investigation. It's not a complaint. It's an incentive." I suspect that the keyboard anecdote is inflated. However, the official work language is French, but that is only because we don't want the majority to become second-class citizens..
  - johnatwork 11y ago
    EDIT - Removed Original Comment You know what, I'm getting emotional on the Internet. I'm going to stop arguing here. It's not productive, and there's nothing to prove.

branchless 11y ago

As I said when they rack up $500K corruption I'll have equivalent living costs to Vancouver.