Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have met with the NWT Literacy Council. Our government continues to support and to fund the NWT Literacy Council and I have assured them that we will continue to look for ways to work with them to ensure that we can help them to provide literacy services across the Northwest Territories. I think it's important to remember that the Government of the Northwest Territories also invests heavily in literacy in the North. We provide $2.4 million annually to the NWT Literacy Strategy and Aurora College receives more than $4.1 million annually to support adult literacy and basic education. So, Mr. Speaker, I'm hoping to see the federal government reinvest in literacy programs, particularly literacy programs aimed at the aboriginal population. I am hoping that they will recognize that they have an important role to play in the Northwest Territories in that area.
Charles Dent on Question 103-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 103-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
Question 103-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
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