Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Being from a rural area, myself, I can assure you that people who live in rural communities are resourceful and resilient. Instead of staying cooped up in their homes, they are doing their best to retool and save the companies they work for. One of the only options they have is to work from home. Unfortunately, though, they don't have access to the tools they need. Cellular and Internet networks are inadequate, even non-existent in some cases.
I want to know, not whether the government is going to help these Canadians join the 21st century, but when.
Can you give us any assurances and, above all, a timetable for a real plan?