Languages Act Receives a Failing Grade (fwd link)

Tue Jun 2 22:56:02 UTC 2009

Languages Act Receives a Failing Grade
GNWT report finds endangered Aboriginal languages lacking protection

By SAMANTHA STOKELL, SRJ Reporter 02.JUN.09
Northern Territories

A review of the 25-year-old Official Languages Act in the Northwest Territories
found that it does not work and fails to protect endangered Aboriginal
languages.
Kevin Menicoche, MLA for Nahendeh, chaired the committee that reviewed the act
and released the report titled Reality Check: Securing a Future for the
Official Languages of the Northwest Territories on May 28.

Access full article below:
http://srj.ca/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=88&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=3736&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1957&hn=srj&he=.ca

[Post note: my apologies for the URL.  You can also read & find the article by
cutting and pasting the news headline into Google news.]