Mr. Chair, the people who work very hard in literacy in Canada do not feel like they were reallocated. They feel like they were cut. They were cut specifically $17.7 million.
In response to a question that I put on the order paper, we got back from the Department of Human Resources that in 2005-06 $33.3 million was spent on literacy by the federal government. The next year, the first full year of the government, $16 million.
I will ask the Minister of Finance, is that money going to be recouped for the people who support literacy in Canada?