As we have considered the importance of getting benefits to Canadians, one thing that we have addressed in our budget this year has been thinking about two key benefits that are critically important, either for individuals as they get into the workforce, which is the Canada workers benefit, or for families, which is the Canada child benefit. In both of those cases, we found that people were not necessarily automatically getting those benefits. The impact was worse in places where there was a higher likelihood that people were completing their tax returns on paper. In places where there weren't the same levels of broadband, for example, we found that it was more likely that people were completing their tax returns on paper. Of course, that is a continuing challenge in some parts of the north.
Our approach to dealing with that was to make those benefits automatic—and we did that with both the Canada child benefit and the Canada workers benefit, which will increase the take-up rate, having a big impact on people in the north—and to make investments in getting access to technology. You know that we made a $500-million investment in broadband in budget 2016. In this budget, we made an investment in what's called low earth orbiting technology, looking at a new approach to getting access to broadband for people in remote communities, which we think will have an impact over time.
We continue to be focused on how we can impact people in all parts of the country, recognizing that there are unique challenges in rural communities, but also in northern and remote communities. We think this will have a measurable impact on those.