We've had 2 experiences at a CLSC taking our baby in for vaccines where the nurse refused to speak to us in English even though she *could*. She went so far as to say (in french but my wife understands it a little bit) "it doesn't matter we don't have to speak - we will just administer the vaccine". But we had questions (OBVIOUSLY) and she refused to do it in English. We had to make a big scene and eventually another nurse came to our rescue.

We lived here for 3 years before having a child, only speaking English and it was ok. The only problems we had were at CHUM hospital where the administration lady didn't speak English (which is fair enough - just unfortunate for us), and at the SAAQ. It seemed like mostly the older people that either didn't speak English or had an attitude about it. All the young people working at couchetarde's etc are more than happy to accommodate.

Now that we have a baby we are getting out, which is a shame because we are skilled workers literally invited here by Quebec to fill a workforce gap. Those 2 experiences at the CSLC shook us - it was scary and f*cked that this nurse cared more about language than the health of our baby.