Again back in British Columbia, the funding for last year was $4.6 million and the funding for this year is $4.2 million, which is almost a 9% reduction in the total funding for LINC.
In addition, the B.C. Liberal government is taking $680,000, which it is saying is needed for overhead expenses for this program. How will you manage for the upcoming year? In the meantime, the people from the previous year are still waiting to go to ESL classes. How will you manage for this coming year? Remember that there are no ESL classes, no English, and no jobs.