Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. The point I'm getting at is, we have to invest wisely, Mr. Speaker. Literacy funding in the NWT, in the words of the NWT Literacy Council, was cut by approximately $600,000 and that affects basic education at the local level, Mr. Speaker. It affects Aurora College, it affects all working families in the NWT.

In closing Mr. Speaker, the national or federal literacy program cannot replace local learning. That's where literacy programs need to be delivered. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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