Thank you.
The Government of Canada is powered more and more by IT. For four years in a row we have been number one in online service delivery. Our government service is something to be really proud of. We have more and more information technology delivering government services.
The actual advantage and benefit and the reason behind a government enterprise network service is that we're in 2009 and we do not need 124 networks any more. We can deliver our government programs with fewer networks and enable better security, because 124 networks could easily be 124 interesting back doors. We need to improve the modernization of those aging telecommunication services in every department.
The goal is to create shared capacity so that 100 departments are not doing all the work, year by year, without taking advantage of central or decentralized expertise to modernize our computer systems, particularly when it comes to networking, to ensure that all our departments are well connected, so that electronic services can be delivered to Canadians and businesses.