Canadian Senate Committee Adopts Indigenous Languages Act

The Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has adopted an amended version the Indigenous Languages Act, with changes largely prompted by Inuit groups, according to Nunatsiaq News.

Though the legislation was touted as being co-developed alongside Indigenous groups, it received a cool reception from Inuit groups when it was tabled in February.

The bill will now go back to the House of Commons, where MPs will vote on the committee’s amendments and pass it into law.