Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
They were great presentations and I have a lot of questions. I'm not going to get to them all, but first of all, Mr. Loewen, I think you will be glad to know that we do take the cancellation of the rebate program seriously. Yesterday, a motion brought forward by Mr. McCallum passed at this committee to do a study on the cancellation of that program and we intend to follow up. We might even see you again on that. I think that's a good thing.
First of all, Mr. Rabbior, that was very interesting stuff. I wasn't familiar with your organization, but I'm going to become more familiar. I thank you for laying this out so well.
The House today is debating a motion that's been put forward by our party on the cuts that were made in last week's announcement that affected literacy groups across Canada. The government has indicated that it felt those cuts were really to the administrative aspects of literacy programs. I have letters I've received from Literacy Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Teachers Union, and Community Links back home. I also have a letter from a learner in the Annapolis Valley who is indicating that his ability to get up to speed on literacy and numeracy is going to be impacted by those cuts.
My question to you is this. Does cutting literacy, in whatever form, send a bad signal to all Canadians who are struggling with this issue?