Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Premier. As we have tried to point out today, literacy is critical for people to enjoy meaningful opportunities to participate in social and economic life in the Northwest Territories.
Literacy is important in helping people make informed choices so they can become more productive and healthy. Mr. Speaker, we need to lead the way to a broader understanding of literacy as an important element of economic productivity and labour market participation as well as population health.
Literacy is as much a health issue or an economic development issue as it is an education issue. Literacy is everyone's concern, Mr. Speaker. This government has an important role to play. Government should lead by setting out a comprehensive strategy for literacy development that cuts across departmental policy areas.
Mr. Speaker, will the Premier take the lead and direct his Cabinet colleagues to collaborate in the development of a comprehensive strategy for literacy? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.