"I think it's deplorable and it demonstrates a lack of forethought, a lack of judgment, on behalf of the people of New Brunswick who dealt with this company in setting this up," Carrier said.
"It's just beyond understanding in my opinion that we have to deal with this today.
"We have made a lot of effort in this province in the last 40 years-plus to recognize and respect bilingualism and this is an affront to some people, and I can see why."
Sonco Gaming New Brunswick Ltd. principal Michael Novac defended the casino on Wednesday to say that all of the casino's signage is bilingual and the nearly half of its attendants can speak French.
But Novac said there will not be any card tables permanently designated bilingual or French. The slot machines were chosen for their popularity and happen to be English, he said.
"Table games have to be conducted, not only with full integrity, but the appearance of integrity and our policies are very rigidly adhered to in terms of having these games unilingual," Novac said.
"We also installed the top (slot) machines that the people demanded and, no, they are not bilingual machines, they are English-only machines."
Novac did say that if 10 unilingual-French customers "demanded" that a games table operate solely in French, the casino would then change one of its eight tables to French-only temporarily.
The casino will not operate a French-only table unless it has a full table of players and it is not considering changing any of its tables to French-only permanently, said Novac.
Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau stressed on Wednesday that the casino is a private venture with no provincial money involved, but that the casino has stated it will monitor its market and potentially make changes.
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