The Quebec provincial government “grossly underestimated” how much it will cost for businesses to adhere to new French-language law requirements for storefront signage, according to a Montreal legal expert.
The new regulations have even caught the attention of the U.S. government.
“Anecdotally, I know that these kinds of changes run in the tens of thousands of dollars per location, depending on the significance of the sign,” said Alexandre Fallon, a lawyer who specializes in business compliance with Quebec’s Charter of the French Language.
Quebec predicts it will cost businesses provincewide a mere $7 million to $15 million, but there is a long list of
