Mr. Speaker, our government puts in about $2 million a year into literacy and we want to see if there's a way of doing this more effectively. In answer to the Member's question, yes, the Minister of Education has spoken to the executive director of the Literacy Council about this issue and we are continuing to be creative on how we can do I'll call it damage control in this particular case, and at the same time still try to convince the federal government to rethink what they're doing here. But we are putting $2 million to the Literacy Strategy. It is a fair bit of money and is there a way of us doing this more effectively. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 232-15(5): Federal Funding Reductions To Literacy Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 232-15(5): Federal Funding Reductions To Literacy Programs
Question 232-15(5): Federal Funding Reductions To Literacy Programs
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 30th, 2006
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