On 8/8/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually Toronto's slowly getting bilingual signage, at least for any > conditional restrictions, after a fairly ridiculous traffic court decision a > few years ago (A francophone got out of a 'no left turn' ticket because he > noted the restricted times were only posted in English. Great lawyer, silly > judge). Not much is up yet, but you occasionally see them.
I haven't seen them yet, but I suspect you're right - they're on their way. >Ontario government institutions have bilingual signage due to the Province's french minority (especially up north, where the French population is around 30% of the total). Some, but not all. I've delivered to many Government buildings around Queen's Park, and most if not all signage is English. It's "The Mowat Block", not "le Bloque Mowat", etc. > Quebec doesn't actually ban other languages on private signs, but the > lettering can only be half the size of the French lettering. I stand corrected. Bill 101 originally did ban all English, however after the United Nations decried the provincial government's decision to use the notwithstanding clause to exlude the Charter and ban English, so the current "French must predominate" regime was instituted. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
