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Quebec government has problematic policies regarding the hiring of devs. They treat tech workers like the rest of their unionized workforce, and their wage + title depends on seniority. As a result, competent programmers avoid the provincial employer like the plague. Most IT work there is actually done by ''consultant'' firms like CGI, who deploys the devs for a 1-3 years contract. I had an interview with them, and I was told during the meeting that I was probably ''too fast for the working environment'' and was not hired. (no joke).

The culture is super weird. As an example, the focus on the french language : a dev once told me that, during a government contrat, he had to work with a french translated C++ STD library... Finally, by law, the only criteria Quebec can use to choose a external private business to complete a project is the lowest bid. They are not aiming for quality.

Finally since some people in the far regions of the province do not have access to high speed internet, phone + mail + fax is still the implicit norm to contact the government. Quebec public services does not have a strong tech culture for many reasons. We are fortunate that they did not mess up the vaccine process.