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Quebec Language Police Target Store Owner's Facebook Page

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-they-don't-require-german dept.

New submitter wassomeyob writes "In Canada, the province of Quebec has their Official Language Act of 1974 (aka Bill 22) which makes French their sole official language. It has famously been used to force business owners to modify signage to give French pre-eminance over other languages. Now, the Quebec language police seem to be extending their reach to Facebook. Eva Cooper owns Delilah in the Parc — a shop in Chelsea, Quebec near the Quebec/Ontario border. She received a letter from the language office telling her to translate everything posted on her store's Facebook page into French."

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  1. France is obsolete today. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    France is obsolete today. Face this and get over it. Idiots.

  2. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We all know that the Québécois are assholes. What else is new.

  3. My Thank You Note by Waffle+Iron · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thank you, Quebec... For making the product manuals on my bookshelf take up 50% extra space and consume 50% more trees.

  4. Just separate already!! by bhv · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Besides the drive from Toronto to Halifax being that much quicker, you can reign over something like facebook.que instead and leave .ca to real Canadians.

  5. Re:Slashdot, vous êtes en violation by Anomalyst · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    TS;DR (Too Stupid; Didnt Read) How would one say "Sit on it and rotate, hoser" in Quebec-ese?

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    There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.