Yesterday, the Conservative Party of Canada won a majority government for the first time in its eight years of existence.
James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, announced today that funding for the CBC will be maintained at the current level or increased. He said, “[The CBC] is essential for respect for all of our official languages and all of the regions of the country — broadcasting in aboriginal languages in the North.”
The CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a public television and radio broadcaster. Among its services is CBC North, which operates in the Canadian Arctic. Their programs include broadcasts in:
- Cree (cre)
- Dene Suline or Chipewyan (chp)
- Dogrib (dgr)
- Gwich’in (gwi)
- Inuktitut (iku)
- Inuvialuktun (ikt)
- North Slavey (scs) and South Slavey (xsl)
CBC Radio 3 provides free music, with a category for Aboriginal artists, though a casual glance at a few pages revealed only music in English. The CBC also has a bilingual program titled “Legends,” recording traditional oral stories.
