http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-language-pol...
In Quebec, the law is that the public has an affirmative right to be served in French:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language
and fines are issued for violators:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/french-still-under-th...
I don't know if this counts as "bizarre" or not, but it's certainly unusual, since other provinces do not do this.