Quebec restaurant halts free-meal program after warning over English-only text

A Montreal restaurant owner who has given out hundreds of free meals as part of a “pay it forward program” says his initiative has been halted because of the so-called language police.

“It was very successful. We have given out over 712 free meals,” said Abdul Rashia Khan, owner of Mama Khan restaurant on St. Denis Street.

He started the “pay it forward” program last year, where every time someone donates at least five dollars, free meal vouchers would go up on the wall for anyone to take. Now the wall just has sticky tack where the cards once hung, after he got a warning letter from the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).

Global's Dan Spector has the details.

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