I work in the province of Quebec yet live in Ontario. I phoned to order a Cancer Society lottery ticket today and the person on the other end of the line said she was unable to process my order because I did not have a phone number which resided in Ontario. I did explain that I did live in Ontario and wondered if I could still order the ticket but alas, this was not the case.
Now, call me crazy, but as a charity, wouldn’t you want to accept anyone’s credit card as sufficient information to process a ticket purchase?
Strange. Hey, I just noticed it was for the Canadian Cancer Society, not the Ontario Cancer Society! What gives?
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Well, Quebec does have a different legal system, civil vs. common or something like that. And I think one of them may have something to do with torts.
Quebec is aligned with France’s system, while the rest of Canada is aligned with the UK – basically aligned with the country from where we originated.
I’m sure if you called from home you’d be fine.
If you ever run into that problem again, give me a call at work, I will call the cancer society for you on 3 way.
Easy peasy.
M
Too bad you are finding it difficult to give away $$$ for lottery tickets…. Wait I have a lottery available….Gary’s Lottery of Kitchener…..not big prizes but a dam good lottery LMAO !!!
I believe that Quebec considers lotteries gambling or something, which is why these national contests are always not open to Quebec. They must have lotteries though, so I don’t how they get around it.