Couillard denounces Adidas store manager’s comments on French language
Quebec’s premier has criticized the manager of an Adidas store who reportedly told a Montreal crowd he would say a few words in French at an event to accommodate the city’s francophone media.
The manager’s statements, if true, are unacceptable and regrettable in a French-speaking province, Philippe Couillard said in the national assembly Thursday.
“I will say very firmly that if the words we read this morning were pronounced, they are unacceptable,” he said during question period.
“The signal from business leaders must be clear. The workplace language in Quebec is French.”