Official bilingualism in Canada is a barrier to Indigenous language revitalization. Investment in the two colonial languages always happens before Indigenous language support. https://twitter.com/melaniejoly/status/1325910108329693184

Nunavut is a predominantly Inuit territory where Inuktut language is strong and widely spoken, with strong potential for education in the language. The francophone population is extremely small. But the territory's official languages act includes Inuktut, English, and French.

In all the English dominant provinces, there's only one official language (NB is officially bilingual). But when Indigenous people want to recognize their languages in this way, they have to also set aside resources to have French given equal status.

I don't dismiss the significance of French or the degree to with English dominance creates problems for francophone Canada. But this puts the burden on Indigenous ppl to support the colonial language hierarchy and *not* on the actual anglo majority.