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On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams ([personal profile] dewline) wrote2021-04-05 08:37 am

Government and Languages - A Couple of Items of Interest

Re: Ottawa Public Health

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-public-health-somali-town-hall-1.5975528

OPH source:

https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/multilingual-resources.aspx

Re: Drivers' license certifications in Indigenous languages

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/g1-drivers-licence-test-indigenous-languages-1.5972703

Current details available here:

https://drivetest.ca/tests/knowledge-tests.html

This has always been a functionally multilingual land, no matter what laws may have been passed to put a stop to the tradition and practice, either Canada-wide or in specific jurisdictions within what we now call Canada. These news items document governmental efforts to accept and accomodate the fact instead, which I approve of.