Again, Mr. Chairman, the point I am trying to make earlier on is that, for nine communities, we have $2.9 million, but yet for one language group who basically have $2.5 million. Again, I think that realizing that the majority of residents of the Northwest Territories are aboriginal people, it doesn’t really correlate with that statistic. I think that, if anything, we have to find ways of putting more dollars into aboriginal languages. I think we have to work with the federal government in regards to Heritage Canada to realizing that aboriginal languages should be funded through the federal Heritage Fund system. I think that they are starting to realize that in regards to the Languages Commissioner for Canada. I think that this issue has come up before. But again, it seems like whatever dollars we get is not equitably distributed, realizing that we have 11 official languages in the Northwest Territories, not just two.
David Krutko on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 3rd, 2009
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