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The Quebec cabinet is scheduled to discuss whether to require big-box stores to add a French descriptive to their logos Wednesday afternoon.

Premier Philippe Couillard announced Friday that he plans to close a gap in Quebec’s language charter that allows multinational retailers like Best Buy, Costco, Gap and Old Navy to use their English brand names without additional French wording, such as “magasin de vêtements Old Navy.”

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Last year, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that the the Office québécois de la langue française cannot force chains with English trade names to add French to their signs.

The government has been weighing two options: to appeal the ruling, for which the deadline is June 26; or table legislation to force major retailers to comply with the province’s sign law by adding French descriptives.

In theory, the government could announce its decision at Wednesday’s regular weekly cabinet meeting in Quebec City.