Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-10-05 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton\u2014Strathcona, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2486080\"> moved for leave to introduce Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5149712\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-327/\" title=\"An Act to establish a national literacy policy\">C-327, An Act to establish a national literacy policy</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486081\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to have my bill seconded by the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"170255\" href=\"/politicians/alexandrine-latendresse/\" title=\"Alexandrine Latendresse\">Louis-Saint-Laurent</a>, a wonderful colleague. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486082\" data-originallang=\"en\">Today is a very auspicious day to table this bill because it is International Teachers' Day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486083\" data-originallang=\"en\">This bill, which would establish a national literacy policy in consultation with the provinces, businesses, unions, experts, media and the public, is intended to address the serious issue of literacy in Canada. The bill would impose a leadership role on the federal government to enable action in a coordinated way among all the parties that are already working in their individual jurisdictions. It would require the government to report to Parliament once a year on action that has been taken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486084\" data-originallang=\"en\">I wish today to recognize the efforts of volunteers across our country who are working to improve literacy in the country, including a number of Edmonton organizations: the Edmonton literacy coalition, the Centre for Family Literacy, PALS and the John Howard Society. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486085\" data-originallang=\"en\">Four in 10 Canadian adults fall below the literacy requirement. By 2031, more than 15 million Canadian adults will have low literacy levels. Unless some action is taken to reverse this trend, it has been stated by OECD and a number of think tanks that we will face profound challenges for Canada's social well-being and economic prosperity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486086\" data-originallang=\"en\">Right now, 60% of immigrants have low literacy and among aboriginal people, including the Yukon, 69% of the aboriginal population in the Northwest Territories have low literacy, and 88% of Inuit. Of course, this is also affiliated with the fact that they are struggling to learn their own languages.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486087\" data-originallang=\"en\">I look forward to the support of the House for improving literacy in Canada.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"12\"> (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) </p>",
        "fr": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2486080\"> demande \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5149712\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-327/\" title=\"An Act to establish a national literacy policy\">C-327, Loi visant \u00e0 \u00e9tablir une politique nationale d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486081\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u2014 Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un honneur pour moi de pr\u00e9senter un projet de loi qui a l'appui de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"170255\" href=\"/politicians/alexandrine-latendresse/\" title=\"Alexandrine Latendresse\">Louis-Saint-Laurent</a>, une coll\u00e8gue extraordinaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486082\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est tr\u00e8s judicieux de d\u00e9poser ce projet de loi aujourd'hui, puisque c'est la Journ\u00e9e mondiale des enseignants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486083\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette mesure l\u00e9gislative \u00e9tablirait une politique nationale d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation en consultation avec les provinces, les milieux d'affaires, les syndicats, les experts, les m\u00e9dias et la population. Elle vise \u00e0 corriger le grave probl\u00e8me de l\u2019analphab\u00e9tisme au Canada. Elle donnerait un r\u00f4le de leadership au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral afin qu\u2019il puisse prendre des mesures en collaboration avec tous les int\u00e9ress\u00e9s qui travaillent d\u00e9j\u00e0 sur la question dans leur propre domaine de comp\u00e9tences. Le gouvernement serait tenu de faire rapport chaque ann\u00e9e au Parlement des mesures qui auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 prises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486084\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je veux faire l\u2019\u00e9loge des efforts des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui travaillent, partout au pays, \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer le niveau d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation de notre population, notamment au sein d\u2019un certain nombre d\u2019organismes d\u2019Edmonton, comme la coalition pour l\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation d\u2019Edmonton, le centre familial d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation, le PALS et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 John Howard.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486085\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quatre adultes canadiens sur dix ne r\u00e9pondent pas aux crit\u00e8res de l\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation minimale. En 2031, on comptera plus de 15 millions d\u2019adultes canadiens peu alphab\u00e9tis\u00e9s. Si nous ne faisons rien pour renverser cette tendance, nous aurons d\u2019\u00e9normes difficult\u00e9s, selon l\u2019OCDE et diff\u00e9rents groupes de r\u00e9flexion, \u00e0 maintenir le bien-\u00eatre collectif des Canadiens et \u00e0 assurer notre prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486086\" data-originallang=\"en\">Actuellement, 60 p. 100 des immigrants ont un faible niveau d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation. Chez les Autochtones, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest et au Yukon, 69 p. 100 de la population est peu alphab\u00e9tis\u00e9e. Cette proportion grimpe \u00e0 88 p. 100 chez les Inuits. Bien s\u00fbr, il ne faut pas oublier que ces gens font par ailleurs des efforts pour apprendre leur propre langue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2486087\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019esp\u00e8re avoir l\u2019appui de la Chambre pour que nous puissions am\u00e9liorer le taux d\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation au Canada.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"12\"> (Les motions sont r\u00e9put\u00e9es adopt\u00e9es, le projet de loi est lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois et imprim\u00e9.)</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/10/5/linda-duncan-4/",
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    "source_id": "4353168",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Literacy Policy Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/10/5/",
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