Almost third of shops would serve their client first in the language of Shakespeare noted the 24-hour newspaper, after visiting fifteen establishments in downtown Montreal, Thursday afternoon.
In total, six businesses welcomed our journalist in English and then continued the conversation in French.
In terms of establishments that have addressed customers in French, there are seven.
As for the famous "Hello, Hi", we were just two times.
"Montreal is the second French city in the world ... but English language," said Jean-PaulPerreault, president of French imperative, organization dedicated to the promotion of the language.
Urgency to act
According to M.Perreault, it is urgent to act and oblige traders to serve their customers first in French.
The organization denounced the situation on Thursday morning during the launch of its recruitment and financing campaign for the current year.
"We have a government accomplice of anglicization, which does not adopt a precise policy and which does not require the Quebec office of the French language to intervene when there are businesses which contravene the rules",he supported.
The president of the organization recalled that studies carried out in 2012 by the Quebec Office of the French language revealed that 26 % of shops did not exclusively welcome their customers in French.
As for business names, more and more businesses have chosen to include a French -speaking variant in their name.This is the case, for example, of David’s Tea, who has become the tea tea teas.
"We must stop saying that everything is fine in the linguistic field," said M.Perreault.Government’s responsibility is to ensure respect for the French language and not to accommodate people who refuse to share the common language.»»
Pour ce qui est de l’affichage dans les établissements, la plupart des lieux visités par le journal «24h»» étaient conformes.
It was by heading west of Sainte-Catherine Street, near Concordia University, that we found that some traders opted for an exclusively in English display.
Demand English
French imperative has also raised concern in the requirements of bilingualism in the labor market, especially for positions within the Federal Public Service.
According to the organization, 60 % of jobs in the federal.
"We denounce the attitude of the government which is discriminatory. Le français doit demeurer la langue d’usage»», a réitéré M.Perreault.
