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Ontario moves to allow use of Indigenous languages in legislature
(www.theguardian.com)
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It isn't about which language has the most speakers, it's about acknowledging history. (I mean, if "who has the most speakers" were the only important thing, French wouldn't be allowed either—Ontario is not required by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to provide provincial government services in French, but does so to some extent anyway, for historical and practical reasons.)
How the languages of large immigrant communities should be handled in official contexts is a completely separate matter from this.
I don't think they're disputing that. They're just giving numbers to answer your question. There's very few speakers of these languages, so it's probably not going to be an easy task.
Okay, bud. I was just supporting the conversation with what I thought was interesting contextual info, partially in support of your point. But I guess you couldn't miss the opportunity to virtue signal. Good job.