Most of us would be suprised at the numbers of people in Canada today that are functionally illiterate. Here is an interesting article fom the National that discusses how literacy rates are suprising even the experts. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/education/canada-shame.html
CANADA’S LITERACY LEVEL
Did you know that about 9 million Canadians of working age (42%) scored below Level 3 on the prose literacy scale. Level 3 is the desired threshold for coping with a knowledge-based economy and society. Research has shown that low literacy has