Élections Québec to study impact of French-only information

[u/Wasdgta3]

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/10/13/elections-quebec-study-impact-french-voter-turnout/

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[u/ScrawnyCheeath]

I really appreciate Elections Quebec’s apparent commitment to providing as much pushback as possible to this rule

They clearly take their job very seriously, and they’ve come off looking really good imo

[u/Mundane-Teaching-743 → u/ScrawnyCheeath]

They've been consistent in this.

[u/Swimming-Welcome-734]

lmao this is bullshit. btw im anglo who speaks some french , when i went to vote i was told "votre nom et votre adresses?" and i said my name with english prononciation, poll worker instantly switched to english, didnt know how to explain anything in english and then proceeded to get pissed off at me. there is no forced french on us, in reality we are often forced to speak english.

[u/Mundane-Teaching-743 → u/Swimming-Welcome-734]

Well, the Supreme Court ordered a new election when an administrative error caused one Bloc voter to miss their vote.

So if this confused or hindered one voter from voting, it would be enough to toss out the law banning English on voter cards.

[u/RikikiBousquet]

Might be nice to have every province reflect on that too.

Considering the big but selective outrage this useless decision made, might be time to include the fight for French everywhere too, since not every province has the same standards.

[u/Wasdgta3 → u/RikikiBousquet]

My hope would be that if the court case over this goes far enough, it could eventually require bilingual information in all provinces.

[u/Mundane-Teaching-743 → u/RikikiBousquet]

Other provinces don't have agencies ordering business and government agencies to remove French from information pamphlets. I daresay if they did, it would make the news really quickly.

That being said, I hope this goes to the Supreme Court so it applies all across Canada. Voter info should be at least English and French across the country at both federal and provincial levels. There is a strong enough francophone presences in all provinces to warrant it.

The need is stronger in Quebec because there is an agency dedicated to removing English from all aspects of public life in Quebec.

English signs must be taken down in Gaspé hospitals, language watchdog rules https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/english-signs-gaspe-hospitals-oqlf-1.3304520

[u/UtilisateurMoyen99 → u/Mundane-Teaching-743]

Having spent years living in and visiting provinces outside Quebec, including the officially bilingual New-Brunswick, I can say without a doubt that English Speaking Quebecers have much easier in general than Francos in the RoC. 

Just a tiny example: What are the odds of not finding an English speaking Franco in Quebec vs not finding a French speaking Anglo outside Quebec?

Another small one: as a kid, I once spent a full day with a dislocated wrist in BC because nobody at the suburban Vancouver hospital ER could understand my explanation in French - can anyone tell me with a straight face that the reverse would be possible near Montreal?

[u/Ask_DontTell]

French only information and rules at polling stations most likely helped the PQ. don't get the logic behind that one.

[u/Wasdgta3 → u/Ask_DontTell]

I doubt it helped that much, but it will be interesting to see what quantifiable effects it had, if any, since the main argument for why this was acceptable is that it wouldn't affect results or turnout.