NTI and parents of Inuit students are launching a lawsuit against the Government of Nunavut (GN). Over many years, GN has failed to deliver on its commitment to provide Inuit language education. Now, by making recent amendments to Nunavut’s language laws, the government has explicitly changed course and broken its commitment to deliver Inuit language instruction across subjects after grade 4.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖓ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔨᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᕈᕈᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᓗᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᑕᖃᕇᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕕᔅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓗᑎ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᓂᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᑐᑭᖃᑦᑎᐊᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔨᓕᒫᓄᑦ.

ᐅᖅᑯᔾᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ−ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑦᓴᑦ ᐅᐃᒍᔭᐅᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖅᑯᔾᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ−ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ $120−ᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ 1, 1949 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 31, 1955.