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Nunavut Green candidate wants Inuktitut language on ballots

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | 2:19 PM ET

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Nunavut's Green party candidate is wondering why Elections Canada is producing ballots for election day that many of the territory's voters won't be able to read.

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Felix Kappi is taking Elections Canada to task because the ballots people will be marking Monday are in English and French only.

Kappi says he's hearing from people who are worried because the names of the candidates on the ballots aren't printed in Inuktitut.

"We need to have the ballots in Inuktitut. Eighty five per cent speak Inuktitut," he said. "A lot of elders I heard from last night say we need to have the names on the ballots in Inuktitut, so they have a better idea of who they're voting for."

Elections Canada says there's not much it can do. It is governed by Canada's Election Act, which stipulates that the ballots must be printed in English and French, Canada's official languages.

Kappi says he plans to pursue the matter with Elections Canada.

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