Thank you very much for your presentation. As you've heard, we had an epic journey to Newfoundland yesterday.
I want to focus on literacy and job training.
There seems to me to be an irony, to listen to the presentation made by Mr. George about the expectations of lack of skilled workers in the future and then to hear the presentation on literacy and the problems there. I would like to focus on that. I have a few questions.
One is from the private sector perspective. Clearly it's an issue that will need the involvement of the private sector, governments, and non-profit as well. I'm wondering what Mr. George thinks the private sector's prepared to do in terms of the basic skills; and Mr. Brown and Ms. Gillard, perhaps you would speak a little on what you feel should be the federal government's role. Mr. Loder referred to national standards, and you mentioned the infrastructure. I'm wondering if you want to elaborate on what you think the federal government's role should be, because clearly literacy has been underfunded in the past year.
Perhaps we can start with Mr. George and then work our way down.