French connections

French connections

May 19, 2022

19 May 2022

A person complained that some LinkedIn accounts of the Ontario government and its agencies, including those of the Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Health, showed a unilingual English logo and title.

A person complained that some LinkedIn accounts of the Ontario government and its agencies, including those of the Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Health, showed a unilingual English logo and title. We contacted the Cabinet Office, which completed a ministry-wide audit to ensure that all accounts comply with the requirements of the French Language Services Act.

In another case, a man complained that Cancer Care Ontario’s promotional messages on LinkedIn about virtual access to health care appeared in English only. We raised the issue with Ontario Health, the agency responsible for Cancer Care Ontario, which acknowledged that its promotional messages on LinkedIn were only available in English. As a result of this complaint and discussions with our Office, Cancer Care Ontario started to create and publish bilingual messages on LinkedIn.

Learn more about the French Language Services Unit which answers questions and takes complaints about services in French.
Read about how we helped other people in our Selected cases.