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Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by igrekel on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:13AM (#22987695)
Most of the issues and why a lot of things are not offered in Quebec is rarely because of bill 101 or language in general. It is not difficult to get something translated and offer it in a binlingual version. Heck, countries with much smaller populations get a localized version of international products.

Usually, at least when i was in insurance, it is because of legal and regulatory reason. While the law systems in Canada is based on the common law, the law system in Quebec is based on the french civil code. This had repercussions on the way a lot of regulation is thought about. So when it was time to get our products ready for Canada, we had to do a few special cases for Quebec. My guess is that a lot of suppliers just overlook it or do not want to perform the appropriate checks and adaptations because they are not organized in a way to handle this distinction inside a country.

Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by mgbmtl on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:22AM (#22987776)
There are also stronger consumer direction laws. Good for us, but yeah, more legal checks to do :)
Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by nickff on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:41PM (#22992687)
Consumer protection laws are only good for the citizenry if and when the regulations protect the consumer more than additional competition would.
Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by selimthegrim on Monday April 27, 2020 @12:02AM (#22992782)
That's never stopped companies in Louisiana.