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Quebec has separate civil law from the rest of Canada and our consumer protection act prohibits this kind of behaviour (with very clear case law and precedence
by charrondev 5y ago
Quebec has separate civil law from the rest of Canada and our consumer protection act prohibits this kind of behaviour (with very clear case law and precedence siding against companies).
As a result though there are a fair amount of companies that will have these trial offers everywhere except Quebec. Spotify is one that comes to mind.
- holiveros 5y agoIndeed, yet it sometimes gets annoying; you see a nice promotion somewhere only to find out "not available in Québec" :(
- adiM 5y agoWhich often means that there was some dark pattern in the offer which violated Quebec's law (or possibly they did not want to bother dealing with Quebec's language law...all content must also be available in French...which can be a deterrent as well)
- hyakosm 5y agoIf other states/provinces in North America had the same law, those companies would be forced to propose really free trials.
- hyakosm 5y agoSome big companies (Amazon or Apple) breaks the law by offering a free month of Prime or Apple Music in Quebec.