From: John Kane on
On May 17, 5:36 am, James Robinson <wasc...(a)212.com> wrote:
> SMS <scharf.ste...(a)geemail.com> wrote:
> > I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
> > had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.
>
> The official language of the Province of Quebec is French, but they will
> tolerate some services in English. There is a portion of the RTC site in
> English, likely to cater to tourists:
>
> http://www.rtcquebec.ca/francais/new_customer_/a_new_customer.html

It's not too bad but how did you find it? I didn't see anything on the
Home page or in the FAQs etc pointing it out.

The French site is not bad at all. Nice clean layout and fairly easy
to use.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada


From: John Kane on
On May 20, 6:01 pm, John Kane <jrkrid...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 17, 5:36 am, James Robinson <wasc...(a)212.com> wrote:
>
> > SMS <scharf.ste...(a)geemail.com> wrote:
> > > I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
> > > had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.
>
> > The official language of the Province of Quebec is French, but they will
> > tolerate some services in English. There is a portion of the RTC site in
> > English, likely to cater to tourists:
>
> >http://www.rtcquebec.ca/francais/new_customer_/a_new_customer.html
>
> It's not too bad but how did you find it? I didn't see anything on the
> Home page or in the FAQs etc pointing it out.

Oops cancel that question. I was not on the HOME page, I just thought
I was.
>
> The French site is not bad at all. Nice clean layout and fairly easy
> to use.
>
> John Kane, Kingston ON Canada


From: tariq.1.rahim on

> No public transportation serves the airport, other than taxis or limos.
> The taxi fare is a flat rate of $30 into the city. There is no shuttle,
> that I'm aware of.



What is the tip expected by Quebecois cab drivers? Is the flat rate
truly a flat rate -- no tip?

From: James Robinson on
tariq.1.rahim(a)spamgourmet.com wrote:
>
>> No public transportation serves the airport, other than taxis or
>> limos. The taxi fare is a flat rate of $30 into the city. There is
>> no shuttle, that I'm aware of.
>
> What is the tip expected by Quebecois cab drivers? Is the flat rate
> truly a flat rate -- no tip?

They expect a tip. 10 to 15 percent.