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Overview

The Department of Education, Culture and Employment proposed amendments to the Official Languages Act to better reflect the intended function of the NWT Languages Commissioner and the Language Boards, ensure that the Act is protecting the NWT Official Languages rights in communities in the NWT, and emphasize the importance of language protection as a means of implementing the Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

The proposed amendments are based on recommendations and feedback from the Language Commissioner, the Standing Committee on Government Operations (SCOGO) and the public between from 2003 to 2022.