Ottawa braces for possible native language lawsuit (fwd link)

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Ottawa braces for possible native language lawsuit

BY RANDY BOSWELL, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Canada

The Canadian government is braced for a possible lawsuit aimed at forcing
it to give "certain aboriginal languages" the same official status as
English and French, according to an access-to-information document obtained
by Postmedia News.

The July 2010 briefing note to Heritage Minister James Moore, who also
oversees the country's Official Languages Act, indicates that "the Assembly
of First Nations is considering taking the government of Canada to court"
to enshrine an unspecified number of indigenous languages as "official" in
Canadian law.

Read more:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Ottawa+braces+possible+native+language+lawsuit/6167448/story.html#ixzz1mgDRfPUB
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