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A petition launched on the National Assembly’s website is asking the provincial government to make all traffic signs concerning public safety bilingual to ensure everyone in Quebec can understand them.

If a sign doesn’t already have a symbol describing what it means, the petition argues, Quebec’s French Language Charter allows for a second language to be added to ensure public safety.

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The petition is sponsored by D’Arcy-McGee MNA David Birnbaum and was initiated by Côte-St-Luc city councillor Ruth Kovac.

Protecting the French language shouldn’t be considered more important than one’s safety, Kovac said on Wednesday.

“You have truckers coming in from Ontario and from the United States. You have tourists coming here and new immigrants coming in. And you have an older population here as well,” she said.