Nunavut elder care complaint reveals gaping hole in Inuit language protection – NunatsiaqOnline
January 30, 2017
Privatized care facilities not yet covered by Nunavut’s language laws
If you’re a unilingual Inuit elder living in a care home run by a private contractor and you can’t get service in the Inuit language, you can complain to the Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut, right?
Wrong.
Unilingual Nunavut elders—and others— who live in privately-run care homes and other facilities inside or outside Nunavut, do not yet enjoy the protection of the Inuit Languages Protection Act.
And that means the Office of the Languages Commissioner cannot investigate your complaint.
