{"id":11214,"date":"2025-07-20T19:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11214\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:51:20","slug":"montreal-barber-shop-threatened-with-30k-fine-from-quebec-language-watchdog-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11214\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal barber shop threatened with $30K fine from Quebec language watchdog &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"68\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/author-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy \tElizabeth Zogalis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 18, 2025 7:13 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The owner of a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/barber-shop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">barber shop<\/a> in Montreal\u2019s Saint-Leonard borough feels he is an unfair target of Quebec\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/oqlf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OQLF<\/a> French language watchdog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752963848_180_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The owner of the Corner Shop barbershop has been warned several times that he is violating the law for not only his outdoor signage, but also his English posts on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752963849_305_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Padulo says the provincial government has warned him that he has until July 29 to change his sign or else he will face a fine of $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11295363\/bank-of-canada-done-cutting-interest-rates\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753041079_479_Bank-of-Canada-interest-rates-July-2025.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s why the Bank of Canada could be done cutting interest rates for now\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11294136\/sunshine-stewart-murder-maine-paddleboarder-cause-of-death-suspect\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753041080_676_Untitled-design-12.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTeen arrested in killing of Maine paddleboarder as cause of death revealed\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Padulo told Global News inspectors from the OQLF showed up about six months ago following a complaint over his sign.<\/p>\n<p>As Global\u2019s Elizabeth Zogalis reports, the language watchdog also began targeting his social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>For the full story, watch the video above.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Elizabeth Zogalis Global News Posted July 18, 2025 7:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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