It's worse. Note that the overall result of 42% breaks down as follows: it is 56% among francophones and 39% among anglophones. I repeat that this is not just in the minority environment, because Quebec is included. Some 55% of adult Quebeckers 16 to 65 years of age are classified as level 1 and 2. This is not a phenomenon purely characteristic of the minority community or that affects only francophones. Consequently, it is important to take that fact into account.
There are a number of reasons for this. Researchers have identified three. First, reading habits are much less developed among adult francophones in the francophone community in general. Second, access to the education system in the past was very difficult. Third, researchers have determined that social realities call for changes in adult skill levels. Earlier I talked about a continuum and the fact that we no longer talk about illiterates. In social and economic terms, what an adult is now being asked to do to achieve good performance has nothing to do with what was required 20 years ago. Literacy levels are therefore not static; it is important to understand that. Moreover, the reports published since 1993-1994 prove that. Nothing is static. The social and economic changes also have an effect on these literacy levels.
The other difficulty, access to high-quality services in French for adults with low literacy levels, is obviously a serious problem. The Roadmap funds only a portion, funds one project. I would remind you that, under the federal government's Roadmap, we cannot deliver services. That is one of our performance indicators. The federation does not deliver services, but rather develops expertise. It is funded by the federal government. Education and training are provincial jurisdictions; we recognize that. How is federal funding structured to offer services in the provinces and territories? That's one of the keys of the current Roadmap or the next one. It's currently posing serious problems for service delivery and access to services.