The labor shortage in Quebec should not be used as a “pretext” for not serving customers in French, warned Bruno Marchand.
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The mayor of Quebec reacted on Wednesday to a report published in The sunin which it is a Korean restaurant in Sillery, Bab Sang, where a reporter was unable to get a report in French.
“It is not possible for him to come to Quebec […], not to be served in French, neither in a restaurant nor in a business on Place Laurier. In Quebec it happens in French. “
According to Mr. Marchand ” […]we cannot, for lack of manpower, justify things that will be done and for which it will be difficult to go back ”.
Not negotiable
Publishing in French is a legal obligation and it is “unacceptable” to try to avoid it, he added.
Avoiding commenting on the specific case of this restaurant, Mr. Marchand reiterated that “our duty is to welcome people, we need them. Diversity is important. It is to offer them the necessary support [et trouver] their way of growing. But it is in French. It is not negotiable […]. We will not make concessions “.
