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Re:Why fewer university students are studying Mandarin by trentgreene on Friday August 25, 2023 @11:37PM (#37269743)
I don’t have a dog in this thread’s particular fight and am basically just doomscrolling on a Friday night.

But I don’t think English is a nominally supported language in Quebec. IIRC all of Canada outside of Quebec requires dual signage in english + French, but Quebec only requires French. I’d guess Gare bonaventure is an artifact of that law rather than a translation strategy.

Re:Why fewer university students are studying Mandarin by hakfoo on Saturday August 26, 2023 @08:31AM (#37272247)
That may be the case, but you'd expect that a service like public transit is likely to have a higher than average number of users (travelers from elsewhere) that don't speak French and they still chose to minimize concessions to English.