Funding for the Canadian government’s legislation supporting Indigenous languages is set to expire in 2024, and so far, there has been no serious mention of extending or renewing the funding in Parliament.

In 2019, the federal government promised to allocate $334 million over a five-year pay period. However, as today’s feature article explains, doubts and pessimism surrounding the legislation’s efficacy continue to abound. And the lack of concrete constitutional guarantees, community credibility and long-term funding has rendered the government’s efforts largely ineffective.

Today in The Conversation Canada, Di Rao from the University of Waterloo discusses how Canada can make meaningful efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages. "While the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has traditionally protected language rights in Canada, it has been drawn to favour official languages English and French,“ Di writes. "Indigenous languages have been relegated to receiving piecemeal support from small grant programs and excluded from receiving similar constitutional protections.”

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All the best.