Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for your presentations.
I was impressed by your presentation, Mr. Robillard. You've illustrated very grim pictures about literacy in Canada generally and in the francophone community. In one of your last appearances before this committee, it was said that 55% of the adult francophones aged 16 to 65 have a reading level that does not allow them to be fully productive in society and to meet existing labour market needs. Also, you explained this in your presentation regarding the OECD comparisons and so on.
This is a very grim picture. The federal government does not have the responsibility for education. It belongs to the provinces to give the basic literacy skills to people. Obviously, the issue of literacy has a great impact on labour productivity and also in regard to keeping Canada as one of the G-7 countries.
I would like to have more information about what the literacy rate is for anglophones and francophones living in the minority language communities in Canada. I don't know if you can elaborate on that. Also, has this literacy improved over the years? Is there a significant difference between the literacy rates for anglophones and francophones in Canada?