For one thing, Japan is not even close to Canada.
It's on the east coast of the world, where the time is +9 hours ECT/PCT.
And Pokemon originated in Japan, so therefore, that person is clearly wrong.
Canadians, and/or whatever language they use, is certainly not Japanese, as how the games are translated FROM to English/French/Spanish etc for it sell.
Also I believe once Nintendo of America gets the translated games, they're shipped to Canada, where I believe they use French or Dutch version languages.
And, that's my answer.