Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for that. Mr. Speaker, this is a good start but to reverse the decline of Indigenous language communities, the GNWT needs to do so much more. One key area for improvement is around the bilingual designation policy. The Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Action Plan talks about celebrating and recognizing employees speaking an Indigenous language but there's no reference to modernizing the bilingual designation policy, including to ensure that employees who speak or are learning their language are properly remunerated. So will the Minister make a commitment to revise and modernize the bilingual designation policy so that it better supports language revitalization as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Caitlin Cleveland on Question 1488-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System
In the Legislative Assembly on March 29th, 2023. See this statement in context.
Question 1488-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Languages System
Oral Questions
March 29th, 2023
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