Thank you very much.
First, I'd like to clarify one point concerning functional illiteracy. Here I have statistics that were published by Statistics Canada following the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey.
In Quebec, 43% of Anglophones of that province scored below Level 3 in prose literacy, compared to 55% of Francophones in Quebec. At Levels 3, 4 and 5, we're talking about literacy, and at Levels 2 and 3, about functional illiteracy.
I'd also like to recall the important statistic I gave you at the start of my presentation concerning university funding. In 2002-2003, the English-language universities in Quebec received 27.7% of funding for all universities in Quebec, although the Anglophone population of Quebec represents only 8.4% of total population. On the other hand, the universities in English Canada, outside Quebec, that offer programs in French only received $342 million for their French-language programs. English-speaking Quebeckers receive seven times more funding than Francophones outside Quebec.
So it's not surprising, when we talk about literacy and illiteracy, that the statistics very clearly show—and I'm citing only one example, university education—that there is a much higher level of illiteracy among Francophones across Canada, including Quebec, than among our English-language friends and compatriots.