MONTREAL - Parti Quebecois members have made a quick 180-degree turn on a motion they adopted at this weekend's policy convention in Montreal.
Delegates originally supported a resolution for a PQ government to make all commercial signs in the province French-only.
The change would have meant a return to a provision in the original Bill 101, the province's landmark legislation.
But PQ Leader Pauline Marois warned delegates not to reopen the hot button issue that led to several court battles.
Members held another vote later in the day and decided to not to go forward with the idea.
As it stands, English is allowed on commercial signs as long as French remains predominant.
Marois garnered 93.1 per cent support in a leadership review Saturday.
The strong show of support for Marois means she can focus her efforts on the governing Liberals, who don't need to call an election until 2013.
Earlier in the weekend, PQ delegates endorsed Marois' strategy of not setting a specific timetable for holding a sovereignty referendum.
Delegates also passed a resolution that would make French the mandatory language of instruction for immigrants and francophones who attend junior college.
