The Repeal of the Literacy Act

CCPA-MB presents on Bill 55
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April 2, 2021
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Bill 55, The Reducing Red Tape and Improving Services Act, includes a commitment to eliminating the Adult Literacy Act. I am speaking against the elimination of the Adult Lit-eracy Act. I believe that the government ought to be increasing its commitment to adult literacy, not eliminating the Act.
Very large numbers of Manitobans are functionally illiterate — they are functioning at literacy stages 1 or 2, when stage 3 is necessary to be able to participate fully in soci-ety. Those who are functionally illiterate are at much higher than average risk of living in poverty. High levels of poverty are a key contributor — perhaps the key contributor — to relatively poor educational outcomes...

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