Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We do, in fact, provide some core funding to the Literacy Council right now. I have committed to them that we will look and see if there is an area that we can find and reallocate funds. But, as the Member knows, when we vote the money in this House, that money is parceled out. That is how it is designed to be spent. The millions of dollars that we have put into literacy funding, we have made commitments. There are commitments to the Literacy Council, to the college, to community groups, to all sorts of different areas where this money is being spent already. We don't, in the department, keep a slush fund. I know that the Members opposite would not want to hear that we did keep a slush fund that we could reallocate monies from. I will look, though, to see what we can do, but I have warned the Literacy Council that for this year it is going to be very difficult for us to find new funds. We are looking more for next year. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 115-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 115-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
Question 115-15(5): Federal Reductions To Literacy Program Funding
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