Inuktitut speakers are left out of federal elections, say Nunavut MP and language commissioner
Some elders can’t read candidate and party names on ballots.
May 27, 2021
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Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq is looking to get Indigenous languages included on voters’ ballots in the next election — something the territory’s languages commissioner says Elections Canada should do if it is committed to reconciliation.
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