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3rd Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 6

THE SIGN LANGUAGES RECOGNITION ACT

Table of Contents

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

WHEREAS sign languages are distinct languages that are integral to the culture of the Deaf community;

AND

WHEREAS for many members of the Deaf community, a sign language is their first language;

AND

WHEREAS people also learn sign languages to communicate with members of the Deaf community, including family, friends, colleagues and students;

AND

WHEREAS in 1988 the Legislative Assembly recognized American Sign Language as the language of deaf persons in Manitoba;

AND

WHEREAS other sign languages, including Quebec Sign Language, Indigenous sign languages and tactile sign languages, are also the languages of the Deaf and Deaf-Blind communities in Manitoba;

AND

WHEREAS other jurisdictions, including the federal government, have recognized sign languages as the primary languages for communication by deaf persons;

THEREFORE HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Recognition of sign languages

1 Sign languages, including American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language, Indigenous sign languages and tactile sign languages, are recognized as the primary languages for communication by the Deaf and Deaf-Blind communities in Manitoba.

C.C.S.M. reference

2 This Act may be referred to as

chapter S128 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba .

Coming into force

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

The Sign Languages Recognition Act recognizes sign languages as the primary languages of communication for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind communities in Manitoba.

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