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It's a little shocking that you're under this impression. The Charter of the French Language in Quebec ensures the right of consumers to be informed and served
by gooseserbus 7y ago
It's a little shocking that you're under this impression. The Charter of the French Language in Quebec ensures the right of consumers to be informed and served in French. It does not prevent people from serving you in English or any other language for that matter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language
- taejo 7y agoThat's exactly why I thought it was illegal for people requesting service in French to be told, "no, this will be in English"
- gooseserbus 7y agoIf they insisted to be served in French then they would have to be served in French, but what little of the situation has been detailed this does not seem to be the case.
- geebee 7y agoI think it's ambiguous. At what point is there a refusal, and what degree of insistence is required? Someone initiates a request for service in French, the response is "no, no, no this will be in English". Has that person refused to conduct the transaction in French? I suppose the person requesting service could be more forceful about insisting on being served in French, but does someone have to go through a second round of insisting/refusing before service has been denied? And what words count as insisting (id that is required), what words count as refusal? "No, no, no, this will be in English" seems very close to a refusal to me. I wouldn't be surprised if this has been formally litigated in Canada, it'd be interesting to know.