Still, Hannan said his family did not know about the language laws regarding social media posts. In a statement to CBC, OQLF spokesperson François Laberge said a company may have two versions of the same social media account. WATCH | OQLF sends notice to local bakery over English social media posts: Quebec’s language watchdog warns Montreal bakery about its English TikTok posts | Duration 2:24 Lahmajoune Villeray was surprised to receive a complaint from Quebec’s language watchdog, the OQLF. In a letter, the bakery was told it is against the Charter of the French Language to make commercial content online in a language other than French, when a French version isn’t also accessible. And social media posts count as commercial content.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2026 21:04 UTC