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QUEBEC — In time for the influx of Grand Prix tourists, politicians at the National Assembly have again waded into the Bonjour-Hi debate, urging shopkeepers to warmly greet customer with just “Bonjour.”

Despite the anger sparked in the English-speaking community in November 2017 when a similar resolution was adopted, MNAs Friday passed another to again urge merchants to say au revoir to Bonjour-Hi and just keep Bonjour.

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The vote took place Friday morning at the end of a very intensive week of work at the legislature. As was the case in 2017, the resolution was sponsored by the Parti Québécois. A total of 105 votes were cast.

Coalition Avenir Québec, Liberal, PQ and Québec solidaire MNAs all voted in favour.

Anglophone Liberal MNAs David Birnbaum (D’Arcy McGee) and Jennifer Maccarone (Westmount—St-Louis) voted in favour but Kathleen Weil (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) and Gregory Kelley (Jacques-Cartier) were absent.