9-1-1 operator (in French): “9-1-1. Your call may be monitored to ensure compliance with the Quebec government’s language policy.”
Caller: “Help! Somebody’s trying to break into my house!”
9-1-1 operator: “En français, s’il vous plaît.”
Caller: “I—I’m sorry, I don’t know the French for ‘somebody’s trying to break into my house.’”
9-1-1 operator (in French): “Sorry, madame, before I can take your information in English, you must give me your name and the number of your certificate of eligibility for services in English, so I can consult the list. Then you’ll have to answer some security questions. All in French, of course.”
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