I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories review and respond to the Languages Commissioner’s recommendations for legislative change, which read as follows:

3. That the Legislative Assembly continue to move

forward with the concept of a service-based model as suggested by the development of the proposed Official Languages Services Act. However, in moving forward, consideration must be given to:

(a) the fact that not all speakers of an official

language reside in a designated area;

(b) that residents in the Northwest Territories

travel in order to receive services; and

(c) the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest

Territories and the Government of the Northwest Territories have a positive obligation to promote and protect official languages.

4. That the Aboriginal language protection regime

be contained in legislation and not just become part of government policy or protocol.