Tapardjuk: GN wonÂ’t change language laws (fwd link)

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Nunavat
December 14, 2007

Tapardjuk: GN won’t change language laws
Minister offers rebuttals to GN critics

JIM BELL

Louis Tapardjuk, Nunavut's culture and language minister, told MLAs last week
that the Government of Nunavut will not cave in to critics who want big changes
to its two proposed new language laws.

The Ajauqtiit committee, chaired by Akulliq MLA Steve Mapsalak, is now studying
Bill 6, which would create a revised Official Languages Act, and Bill 7, which
would create a new law called the Inuit Language Protection Act.

Groups such as Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association have
launched aggressive attacks on the two bills, citing numerous weaknesses.

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