‘Where do we draw the line?’ Montreal real estate agent surprised over OQLF letter
Global News
The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) sent the real estate agent a complaint letter about the language he uses on social media.
After selling homes in Montreal for close to three decades, real estate agent Mario Conte says he’s used to dealing with paperwork — but not the kind he recently received.
The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) sent him a complaint letter about the language he uses on social media.
“I was really surprised, astonished,” Conte said. “They mentioned to me that on my social media platforms, there wasn’t enough of the French language.”
The trilingual agent says all of his printed material, from business cards to calendars, is in French and his website is in both languages.
He never imagined that what he posts on his Instagram account would catch the attention of the province’s French language watchdog.
“We’re talking about Instagram, which has a worldwide reach,” he said. “The user has the option on a click of a button, that the post in front of them is expressed in the language of their choice. I mean, where do we really draw the line?”
Conte isn’t the only one who has been the target of OQLF complaints about social media posts.
Less than two weeks ago, Global News spoke to the owners of an Armenian bakery in Montreal, who also received a letter of reprimand over the use of too much English on their TikTok posts.
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