Adam Fazackerley, an employee at Pub Burgundy Lion opens the patio in Montreal, on Aug. 13, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
In its second high-profile reversal in recent months, Quebec’s language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its outdoor sign.
The Office québécois de la langue française had instructed Pub Burgundy Lion to add French language to its sign because “burgundy” is an English word. Following a public outcry, however, the language office now says that further analysis shows the pub’s signage does, in fact, conform to Quebec’s language rules.
