Comments on: Quebec says 'non' to English-only video games

New rule has taken effect prohibiting the sale of English-only video games if a French version exists. It's a bad idea for many reasons.

[jamer25]

I'm 25 years old and an English speaking citizen of Quebec. To be honest it's hard. At the moment I'm trying my best to learn french but quite frankly, the more I learn the language, the more I ask myself "why?".

I went to Blockbuster Video last night to rent out Uncharted 2. When I got there I couldn't find it on the counters anywhere so I asked the cashier if they had it. Her reply really surprised me. She said "No, we don't rent out games that are only in English," I couldn't believe my ears. She told me that i might have some better luck renting it out from some of the smaller rental stores in the area.

This whole language thing is becoming absurd. the last I heard, I lived in Canada. but according to the Quebec government that doesn't matter. what angers me even more is that it seems like the Canadian government has turned a blind eye to the worsening situation that is effecting English speaking people who live here. We feel alone and like no one cares. The Quebec government keep making rules and regulations (such as bill 101 which completely goes against the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms) that make it harder and harder for us to exist here.

I realize that this is probably not the right place to be expressing my opinion about what a crappy and unfair life the English speaking people have here but I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT!