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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Selling products in Canada is unduly expensive.
I wonder what would happen if bilingual labeling laws were repealed. Would that in and of itself really make a difference for French culture? Of course to sell in Quebec products would need French labels.
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It would probably make a big difference to product availability in Quebec though. Canada is a small market, small enough that some firms pull out rather than deal with this stuff.
If they ended it nationally Anglo Canada would get American choices for more stuff. And many firms would quit producing a French version and just give up on the Quebec market and sell the English version only.
It's a hidden subsidy from the rest of the country to Quebec. We all pay more for goods (and have worse availability) so they can have French packaging.