January 29 th edition of the Free Press
January 29 th edition of the Free Press
January 29 th edition of the Free Press
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Silver celebration<br />
Greg Kataroyan is gearing up for <strong>th</strong>e 25<strong>th</strong> anniversary <strong>of</strong> Automotion Collision, which he <strong>of</strong>ficially<br />
pened in July <strong>of</strong> 1989 when he took over his fa<strong>th</strong>er's already seven-year-old auto-repair garage.<br />
ataroyan said his dad helped out around <strong>th</strong>e shop after he retired in 89. The business has become<br />
lmost 95 percent bodywork and only a small amount <strong>of</strong> mechanical repair. The shop is located at 5349<br />
e Maisonneuve Blvd., near Prud'homme Ave.<br />
Language police continued from p.1<br />
“Every time <strong>th</strong>e OQLF comes up, people<br />
just laugh.”<br />
The sticker in question reads: “I’m<br />
active in NDG. Je m’active à NDG”, an iniiative<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e Corporation de développeent<br />
économique communautaire<br />
CDEC), which works to promote local<br />
usiness and active transportation in colaboration<br />
wi<strong>th</strong> Equiterre. The size <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e<br />
English and French lettering is <strong>th</strong>e same<br />
instead <strong>of</strong> conforming to <strong>th</strong>e law <strong>th</strong>at<br />
states English lettering must be half <strong>th</strong>e<br />
size <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e French.<br />
CDEC CDN-NDG’s director, Claude<br />
auzon, said similar promotions are<br />
ound <strong>th</strong>roughout <strong>th</strong>e city under different<br />
istrict names. Coincidentally, <strong>th</strong>e man<br />
ehind <strong>th</strong>e sticker’s creation, a former<br />
mployee <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e CDEC CDN-NDG, Paul<br />
oy, resigned from his position to go<br />
work for OQLF back in July, said Lauzon.<br />
oy managed <strong>th</strong>e buy-local campaign for<br />
everal years before taking <strong>th</strong>e provincial<br />
ob as a language-law enforcer.<br />
Lauzon learned <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e sticker controvery<br />
when he watched <strong>th</strong>e news report.<br />
hen he spoke wi<strong>th</strong> an OQLF agent, he<br />
as told <strong>th</strong>ere was no complaint anyhere<br />
on record about <strong>th</strong>e sticker.<br />
owever, wi<strong>th</strong>out getting into <strong>th</strong>e<br />
pecifics <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>is case, Martin Bergeron,<br />
spokesperson for <strong>th</strong>e OQLF, said <strong>th</strong>ere<br />
Photo: Isaac Olson<br />
Former CDEC CDN-NDG employee Paul Roy<br />
holds up promotional material for <strong>th</strong>e “I'm Active<br />
in NDG” campaign <strong>th</strong>at has recently caused a stir<br />
wi<strong>th</strong> language police — <strong>th</strong>e agency <strong>th</strong>at Roy now<br />
works for.<br />
Photo; Isaac Olson<br />
may not have been a complaint about<br />
CDEC in <strong>th</strong>e system because <strong>th</strong>e complaint<br />
is against <strong>th</strong>e store’s owner for displaying<br />
<strong>th</strong>e sign.<br />
Meanwhile, Lauzon said <strong>th</strong>e OQLF will<br />
send a written notice to <strong>th</strong>e CDEC about<br />
<strong>th</strong>e sign and, in <strong>th</strong>e coming weeks, his<br />
staff will take photocopies <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e notice to<br />
all <strong>th</strong>e stores in NDG <strong>th</strong>at still have <strong>th</strong>e<br />
stickers in <strong>th</strong>eir windows, notifying <strong>th</strong>em<br />
<strong>th</strong>at <strong>th</strong>ey could become <strong>th</strong>e subject <strong>of</strong> a<br />
language-police investigation if <strong>th</strong>ey don’t<br />
take <strong>th</strong>em down.<br />
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