Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to thank our guests for joining us this morning.
Let me first ask a question to Ms. Manson Singer. You had some comments about literacy, which has been a big interest to me.
A couple of months ago I heard the new president of the Nova Scotia Community College, Joan McArthur-Blair, speak to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. One of her comments was that the biggest challenge community colleges face is literacy. It wasn't exactly what I would have expected coming from her. You would have thought it was funding or something more related to their actual activity. But obviously, at the base of adult learning is literacy.
I'd like you to expand on this from the topic you started there. Also, are you aware that literacy funding by the federal government is under review, and that calls for proposals have not gone out since April 1?
Ms. Yelich can correct me if I'm wrong about that. We're still waiting for those. I know that literacy in Nova Scotia, for example, has had no funding since March 31.
Is it your view that the Government of Canada needs to invest more in literacy, the same amount, or less?