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October 4, 2002
Language agreement signed
Officials have signed the
2002-3 Canada-Nunavut Cooperation Agreement that provides funding for French
and Inuktitut promotion.
The agreement, signed Tuesday
in Ottawa by Jack Anawak, Nunavuts minister of culture, language, elders
and youth, and Sheila Copps, federal minister of Canadian heritage, provides
$2.5 million for language initiatives to help protect and promote French and
Inuktitut in the territory.
Government and community
French language initiatives will receive $1.45 million while community initiatives
for Inuktitut will receive $1.1 million.
This is the fourth interim
agreement signed between the two parties.
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