N.W.T. wants languages equal to English, French (fwd link)

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N.W.T. wants languages equal to English, French

The Canadian Press
Date: Sunday May. 31, 2009 1:17 PM ET

YELLOWKNIFE — A second Arctic territory is moving to give aboriginal languages
equal status with French and English following the release of a new report
arguing that Canada's southern language law simply doesn't fit the Northwest
Territories.

"Many aboriginal language stakeholders perceived existing language rights as not
reflective of the demographic realities of the N.W.T. and the political reality
of the N.W.T," says the report on language in the Northwest Territories.


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