Government Operations committee  I could tell you more about this later on.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. I'd like to introduce my colleagues: the senior associate deputy minister, Simon Kennedy; and Kelly Gillis, who's the CFO. We have distributed the formal opening remarks, which are tabled for the committee's review. I would like to provide a brief synopsis of the su

Government Operations committee  Broadband Canada is meant to develop the infrastructure and develop the network in partnership with third parties, often with companies. We want to develop and widen the network. This is the Broadband Canada program The Community Access Program supports the existing networks. Th

Industry committee  There are a couple of reasons. One is that we were dependent on receipts of applications, and some of them took some additional time to negotiate and work through. Actually, we are still negotiating some of them. That's partially why some of the amounts were reprofiled.

Industry committee  It will take a certain number of years to complete this review. We knew that this was coming. As a management team, we put measures in place starting a few years ago so that these reductions would not be abrupt, but would take place more gradually. In that sense, we reduced the

Industry committee  It's in this book for presentation purposes. The political accountability is the responsibility of another minister, in fact.

Industry committee  No, it's $5 million.

Industry committee  No, it's the same $5 million.

Industry committee  Not really. There was a small adjustment, but there is one every time we do a census. This year, for example, the participation rate on the Internet was extraordinary. We beat international records. No other country has ever had such a high participation rate through the Interne

Industry committee  You won't find anything in here in terms of new plans. Having said that, there are a number of tracks, des pistes, we are looking at. First, as I said, we are in ongoing conversations with all provinces. I just finished a conference call with provincial deputy ministers. One of

Industry committee  Not materially.

Industry committee  I don't think we budgeted, partially because I don't know if we will have any—

Industry committee  I regretfully will have to disappoint you again and say that we are not accountable for ACOA. Therefore, I have no data.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  No.