Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issue of literacy is certainly important. We have been addressing this issue from a departmental side. It is not just the area of literacy of those who are in school, but people who are out of school, as Mr. Lafferty has stated. Where do we give them the opportunity to be able to access adult basic education?
It is of concern to us, and for that reason, we have been trying to work on a program to tie all this together amongst the various programs. We have just proposed in the departmental budget to reintroduce the Community Skills for Work Program, which is the funding of $650,000. Some of that will be funneled through the Aurora College system and some will be funneled to the regional offices for access by community groups.
That is the basic area that communities, such as the ones Mr. Lafferty is speaking of, could potentially access. Thank you.