That's nice to see regarding the signs considering the fact that it was stupid of the government to impose this in the first place. That's like the Ontario government forcing businesses in Chinese dominated areas of Toronto to have english on their signs first and chinese second and smaller, which isn't the case.

Personally, IMHO, I believe the french language and culture of Quebec should, can and is being maintained by the people and the government should stay out of it. I lived in Ottawa for a while, so I went to Hull quite a bit and I have visited Quebec City twice and, except for a few rude fanatics on the language issue, my interactions were great and I have great impressions of both cities. A perfect example is, the first time I visited Quebec City (within the walls of Old Quebec City) I was up and about early and decided to go for a walk. While out I decided to find a store and asked an elderly man for directions. Well, I don't speak french and he didn't speak english but that didn't deter him. After a round of some humourous charades between us I knew how to get to the store. I always remember that day and can't wait until my next visit because it's a beautiful city.

As for the salesman, if they do speak french, that's just rude in my opinion.

Cheers

>I've found lately more and more banners in stores where english signs were the same size as the french ones. The government seem to be more tolerant these days.
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>It's not just banners, if you go shopping downtown Montreal, you have more chances being answered by a salesman in english first (and even in english for the rest of the conversation).

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>In theory yes and in practice yes. It's just a matter of being caught or the government finally getting around to you. I totally agree with one of your previous posts, the government should spend more time controlling the debt and lowering taxes and less time controling peoples lives.