A private member's motion:
Be it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the
government, given the cultural uniqueness of Alberta's deaf community and
the linguistic uniqueness of American Sign Language,
1) to recognize American Sign Language as a language
of the deaf in Alberta and
2) to incorporate it into Alberta's grade school and
postsecondary curriculum as an available language of instruction (Hansard,
June 19, 1990, p. 2023.)
This motion asks the government to take two steps.
The member who moved the motion was able to talk about the effects these steps
would have on the people concerned; that is, the deaf community. Other
members from all parties also debated the motion, all of them agreeing with
its requests.