diff -ur fontconfig-2.4.2.orig/src/fcdefault.c fontconfig-2.4.2/src/fcdefault.c
--- fontconfig-2.4.2.orig/src/fcdefault.c	2006-09-09 12:50:29.000000000 -0400
+++ fontconfig-2.4.2/src/fcdefault.c	2007-07-26 14:33:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 	}
     }
 
+    /* Hack */
+    strcpy (ctype, "en_CA.UTF-8");
+
     /* ignore missing or empty ctype */
     if (ctype && *ctype != '\0')
     {