Il a non seulement offert des services en français ou des services bilingues, mais il a donné aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest 16 millions de dollars pour mettre au point des services territoriaux en langue autochtone à l'intention des jurés unilingues et des députés unilingues à l'Assemblée législative.
Not only did he provide for French-language services or bilingual services, he gave the Northwest Territories the opportunity, with $16 million, to develop an aboriginal language component for its government in which unilingual jurors and unilingual members of their legislative assembly could serve.