Bilingual Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as The mayor of a New Brunswick city, Canada has sent letters to local businesses, informing them of an impending bylaw that would require all outside signs to be bilingual or in French only.

Dieppe Mayor Jean Leblanc said the proposal unanimously passed first reading in council last month. Now, about 800 business owners are being told that any concerns they have with the law can be brought up at a public hearing set for Jan. 18.

Leblanc said resistance to the legislation has been minimal.

Dieppe, a Moncton suburb, has about 18,000 residents, more than three-quarters of which say French is their first language, said Leblanc. The bylaw will affect new outside signage only, and stipulates: "French and English lettering must be identical in terms of scale, size, and style."

The mayor said business owners can update existing signs with money from the city.

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