Mr. Speaker, I could not help but listen carefully to the member's speech which, with all due respect, was rather sanctimonious.
I have one question for the member.
Our government has just put in $81 million for literacy programs and I think it is passing strange and somewhat irresponsible to talk about cutting literacy programs. I would ask my colleague this: is $81 million not something to applaud? Are all the different programs that we have put in for literacy across this country not something to rejoice in and applaud?