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There's a CBC article at the top of hackernews right now, headlined "Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy" [0]

The article makes a point of stating that most Canadians leave school with those skills, but they atrophy over time until Canadians either need to re-learn them for a career change, or lose them entirely.

I'm unconvinced focusing more on reading comperhension and considering sources in school is any sort of fix here, considering those are skills we leave school with. It won't help, IMO, when 49% of Candian adults cannot disregard irrelevant information to complete a task (as referenced in the article). These are skills that won't be practiced, and therefore will be lost.

[0] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/let-s-get-digital-from...