Yes, it certainly seems to me that you can't just focus on children, when you have a government that allegedly is concerned about international competitiveness, or ought to be at least. I don't see how you can when you're worried about labour shortages, not 20 years from now, when people who are now children are grown-ups, but in the short term, as people are retiring in the next few years. You have to focus on adults, who, if we can get some at a higher level of literacy--give them the opportunity to do training--can be much more able to achieve employment in today's workforce, especially with all the requirements in terms of knowledge, in terms of learning, in terms of reading manuals that are involved. And I don't see how you can do that if you're going to say we're going to forget about this whole group of people.
On September 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.