The bill will allow for the inclusion of symbols and characters used in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis languages on government documents
If passed, a new bill introduced by a BC Liberal MLA will allow Indigenous names with symbols and accents to be included on government documents, such as birth certificates, driver's licences and adoption papers.
“Indigenous people were stripped of their traditional names by the residential school system, and this bill directly responds to one of the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” said Clovechok, who was elected as the MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke in 2017 and re-elected in 2020.
Currently, the province only permits the use of Latin alphabetic letters to be officially accepted on important government documents, leaving no room for the phoenetic symbols used by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis - often necessary to the pronunciation and meaning of words. Her passion for the reclamation of Indigenous names for residential school survivors and their families moved Clovechok, an adopted member of the Weasel Traveller family of the Piikani First Nation.
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