Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is no doubt that illiteracy is an extreme problem in this Territory and that we need to address that on an ongoing basis. At the moment, to my understanding, the Northwest Territories Literacy Council is conducting a research project. I expect that they will be bringing that forward within a short period of time and that there will be recommendations in there that possibly we can, and look at and see what can be done.

Funding is done through Aurora College to provide literacy funding to community groups at the moment. Literacy is a problem throughout our system. It is there at the early childhood level and our programs, that we do have, are trying to address that area through the early childhood programs, through Aboriginal Head Start programs. And then in school systems, we are noting that literacy levels are low and it is of concern to us and I believe that this whole area needs addressing.

We are just developing and, hopefully we will get it through soon, a directive which has been worked on for some time, the directive on adult basic education and literacy. Following the directive, we hope to develop a strategic plan, Mr. Speaker.