Yes, there is a program at LAMP Community Health Centre, but I'm not sure in our community that it's seen as a huge cause of poverty. There's a lot of very well educated, very sophisticated people living in poverty, and I wouldn't associate general educational levels with poverty. There are all kinds of people, as I say, who have a good education. What I think is more important in our community is language training, especially for newcomers. It's a huge problem for newcomer Canadians in making sure that their basic rights are fulfilled. There have been a lot of cutbacks to learning the language of wherever they are living. Language instruction, I think, is the huge issue in our community.
On June 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.