Native languages need to be preserved, says Erasmus

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in getting operating funds and how the money will be used including sponsoring conferences and meetings as well as any other activity to promote use of indigenous languages.