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Exploring Theme: "Objections to Bill C-91"

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March 6, 2024


Canada should provide Indigenous languages with constitutional protection

A book written in Inuktitut. A lack of concrete constitutional guarantees, community credibility and long-term funding has rendered the government’s efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages largely ineffective. (Shutterstock) First Peoples’s Law Report: The Conversation – Funding for the Canadian government’s legislation supporting Indigenous languages is set to expire in 2024, and so far, there has been...

February 11, 2023


Educators say more support needed to keep Indigenous languages alive

Consultations are ongoing to update the Indigenous Languages Act CBC News: As the federal government considers changes to the Indigenous Languages Act, some Indigenous educators say they need more support to keep their languages alive. “First Nation schools are severely underfunded when it comes to immersion programming, let alone the basics in terms of language...

June 26, 2019


ITK and NTI objections to Bill C-92

Nunatsiak News – Inuit Tapariit Kanatami and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc raised the following objections: Bill does not recognize Inuktut as an official language within the 4 regions of Inuit Nunangat and requires Inuit to use English or French to access federal services Federal departments and agencies do not have to offer services in Inuit language...

June 20, 2019


ITK disappointed in Bill C-92

Inuit Tapariit Kanatami (ITK) regrets that Bill C-91, “An Act respecting Indigenous languages“, passed into law without inclusion of any Inuit-specific priorities. In its current format, this law does not affirm Inuit language rights or close the legal and policy gaps that contribute to the erosion of Inuktut as the first, only or preferred language...

February 5, 2019


Inuit recommendations for “Indigenous Language Act ignored

Inuit Tapariit Kanatami – Failure to incorporate Inuit specific recommendations into the Indigenous Language Act. “Inuktut speakers make up the majority of the population in Inuit Nunangat yet the federal government allocates a larger share of public sector resources for the English and French speaking minority populations,” the position paper prepared by ITK states. ITK...

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