Navdeep Bains at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2006 / 11:20 a.m.

Liberal

Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Brampton South, ON

I appreciate the feedback on this.

The question I had was on the literacy costs to the program, the $17 million or $18 million that was cut. Since we tend to quote from the newspapers, I'll quote you with respect to the cuts to literacy needs. You said that “we've got to fix the ground-level problem”--kids who don't learn to read properly in school--“and not be trying to do repair work after the fact.”

Do you still believe that the literacy cuts should have been made, specifically with respect to adults? Do you still believe they don't need these things?

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