Inuit Language Services and Use
Duties of every organization
3. (1) Every organization shall, in accordance with this section and the regulations, if any,
(a) display its public signs, including emergency and exit signs, in the Inuit Language together with any other language used.
(b) display and issue its posters and commercial advertising, if any, in the Inuit Language together with any other language used.
(c) ensure that the Inuit Language text of its public signs, posters and commercial advertising is at least equally prominent with any other language used; and
(d) provide, in the Inuit Language, its reception services and any customer or client services that are available to the general public.
Particular services to be delivered in the Inuit Language
(2) An organization shall communicate with the public in the Inuit Language when delivering the following particular services:
(a) essential services, including
(i) emergency, rescue or similarly urgent services or interventions, including intake or dispatch services, and
(ii) health, medical and pharmaceutical services.
(b) household, residential or hospitality services, including
(i) restaurant, hotel, lodging, residential or housing services, and
(ii) basic services to a household, including the supply of electricity, fuel, water and telecommunications.
(c) The other prescribed services that the Commissioner in Executive Council considers to be appropriate as a result of their essential nature or significant consequences for individuals.
Communications
(3) In addition to the requirements under subsection (1), the communications with the public referred to in subsection (2) are the following:
(a) all notices, warnings or instructions directed to users or consumers of the service.
(b) monthly bills, invoices and similar demands directed to persons who may be Inuit Language speakers.
(c) the other communications that the Commissioner in Executive Council may prescribe.
Oral and written communications
(4) Subsection (3) applies to both oral and written communications.
Accommodation for a private sector body
(5) The Languages Commissioner, after receiving a submission or an application under Part 4, and the Nunavut Court of Justice, after receiving an application under Part 4, may relieve a private sector body of an obligation that would otherwise be required under this section and substitute a less onerous requirement for communication or services in the Inuit Language, if
(a) the private sector body is established for purposes relating primarily to the heritage, expression, strengthening or promotion of a non-Inuit linguistic or cultural community; or
(b) satisfied that compliance with this section on the part of the private sector body would otherwise result in undue hardship.