Mr. Chairman, in regards to Nunavut, Nunavut has legislation in regards to their new language protection legislation because they feel that they need protection for their languages, in Nunavut. I am wondering, is that something that the Minister and his colleague from Nunavut can use by way of arguing for more funds from the federal government, realizing that our official languages in the Northwest Territories, especially the aboriginal languages, are threatened. They are endangered of being lost. I think that, on that ground, it should be like the whooping crane or the spotted owl that we find out that something is threatened and endangered, they throw a bunch of money at it. I think that maybe that is the approach we should take. Go into Ottawa and try to find ways that we can, along with our colleagues from Nunavut, use the argument in regards to them having to pass legislation to language protection legislation in regards to the Inuit language. I think that is maybe an approach this government should consider. Has the Minister been working with the Nunavut government in regards to such an approach, going to the federal government realizing that we do have our languages being threatened and we do have to do whatever we can to protect them? Has that been something that the Minister can comment on or if he has been working with the Nunavut government on that?
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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