( John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESS )WINNIPEG—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says restoring indigenous languages is key to preventing youth suicides in First Nation communities but stopped short of promising to recognize them as official languages. Trudeau told a virtual town hall with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Winnipeg that languages are at the core of indigenous culture and identity. “We need to counter that by celebrating languages,” Trudeau said. Officially recognizing indigenous languages would give First Nations their “rightful place” in this country, she said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a virtual town hall with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Winnipeg in Friday that languages are at the core of indigenous culture and identity.

Source: thestar June 03, 2016 19:41 UTC