Status of Women committee  I can say a few words on that. My focus is clearly on connectivity and having that access. When I think of senior women and having that support system, part of that is connectivity, especially after COVID. With that being said, a potential recommendation could be for the federa

Status of Women committee  I don't have the numbers offhand, but I know that, in partnership with the Western Ontario Wardens Caucus, they are looking for direct funding to support a SWIFT 2.O project. They are seeking a funding commitment from both the province and the federal government. Again, it would

Status of Women committee  Okay. I will try to get it all in. Chief Stonefish is on our board. She as well as Joanne, have been very supportive in moving forward. Unanimously, the SWIFT board is in agreement as well as the Western Ontario Wardens Caucus to seek additional funding. That aspect is there. C

Status of Women committee  I think we've had involvement from all levels. We've had involvement from some of the larger ISPs, the middle and the smaller. I think that's what makes SWIFT so successful. Again, each ISP has a role a play. We are seeing that through this business model. It has been successful

Status of Women committee  SWIFT is funded under the new building Canada fund's small communities fund. It is a joint federal and provincial infrastructure funding program. Both the province and the federal government have contributed $63.7 million.

Status of Women committee  I think you mentioned one of the major ones. It's the collaboration between all levels of government. It really allowed us to leverage the contribution agreements. The second one I would say was the business model and the competitive nature of our procurement. We had an expectat

Status of Women committee  I think about offering training to empower women and girls to use technology and make the most of the digital opportunities that are available. I think about smaller communities that maybe didn't have access to high-speed Internet now getting access to high-speed Internet. How

Status of Women committee  That was previously, under the connect to innovate program. What the request was.... Because southwestern Ontario represents 10% of the population, there would be an assumption or an expectation that at least 10% of the funding would be directed towards that area. Under the conne

Status of Women committee  In southwestern Ontario, I believe that there are roughly five funding mechanisms in place to solve the same challenges in a geographic location, none of which are currently taking a very coordinated approach. Ideally, it would be nice to see a coordination between all of them. T

Status of Women committee  SWIFT wouldn't have access to that. I think the commentary was around the fact that the smaller ISPs have been really engaged in the SWIFT project. We have 16 unique ISPs that have been receiving funding through SWIFT, and each one of them has a very important role to play, wheth

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry. Was the question about how to get to the last mile?

Status of Women committee  I think it's a very good question. I know that for our project the determining factor was whether you go out and try to connect more of the underserved premises or start with the ones that are further away and cost more. That's a decision that needs to be made across the board

Status of Women committee  Sure, I can take it. As some of the witnesses previously pointed out, we know that a lot of services have now moved online. In rural communities, if you don't have access to these services—especially if you're caring for an elderly individual—I'm not sure how you're getting qual

Status of Women committee  For SWIFT right now, we have finished our procurement. We're into the implementation process. The project has been very successful, with collaboration from all levels of government—federal, provincial and local. We've exceeded our KPIs with regard to premises passed, as well as