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- Jaline0
It's ridiculous. They're pretty sensitive about their language, and from their point of view some of it makes sense because they're all about self-preservation. But not when it gets down to a smaller level like this. I design nearly everything to include both languages (because I have to), and sometimes it's a nuisance to condense everything to fit the French in. This is all fine, but I can't be one em/px/pt off in terms of the typeface or people could complain. Basically, both languages must be represented equally.
What they should do is keep it primarily French in Québec and primarily English in Ottawa (unless the audience really is all French), even if you're a government worker. It's fine to make reports in both languages, but speaking orally is a different manner. The entire country is not bilingual, but we can still promote both languages in a reasonable manner.