Government commitment
Completed - fully metIndigenous peoplesCycle 2015· status updated Mar 22, 2019
Provide new funding to preserve, promote and revitalize Indigenous languages and cultures.
Mandated to: Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
What success looks like
Community-based projects contribute to the revitalization and preservation of Indigenous languages.
Government's narrative on progress
Budget 2017 invested $89.9 million to support Indigenous languages and cultures. These investments are supporting community-based projects that facilitate communication in, and revitalization of, Indigenous languages and are also helping to digitize Indigenous languages and oral histories.
Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.