I think that, if the remedy granted is $1,500, and if you have to go through the entire court process, hire a lawyer, and carry on with the rest, not many people would do it. However, I hope that, if there were an easier mechanism, people would use it.
I made a considerable effort to prepare my first case, and if the judge had told me I would be awarded a remedy of only $1,500, I would have felt that was not enough. I sought $500,000 the first time. That figure included punitive and exemplary damages. I thought it made no sense to call in the police after all those years of requesting service in French without it being granted to me. I was angry and I sought $500,000. Then I read some law books and understood that $500,000 was too much to ask.