Finance committee  Thank you for that. I'll let Amanda jump in as well. That's one of the roles we play: raising awareness and letting people know about the benefits of improving their literacy. Some people don't recognize that they have an issue, and they don't until something changes in their li

Finance committee  The provincial literacy coalitions began through a federal initiative. It was the National Literacy Secretariat. It was a federally funded program up until 2014, when that funding ended. We have other partners, but the federal government is a crucial partner, and without that mon

Finance committee  Yes. Without this funding, we won't exist anymore as an organization. We're the only ones doing the work that we're doing, so who will pick that up? I listened to everyone speak across the table here, and I can identify that essential skills in literacy is an issue with each and

Finance committee  To be sustainable, we need various revenue sources, and we do that, but the way it works is that it's project-based funding. We do projects in Nova Scotia for the provincial government there, but it doesn't cover all the costs of the organization.

Finance committee  Thank you for the questions. I'll start with how we support the on-the-ground programs. We provide the support services. In Nova Scotia, we're referred to as the “bookends”: we provide support to the practitioners at one end, so that they are highly trained and can be effective