Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to begin by greeting all government officials and agency representatives. I thank them for being here to answer our questions, and we are grateful to them.
My questions are for Department of Finance officials and relate to high-speed Internet access expenditures.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people are confined to their homes. Access to a quality high-speed Internet connection must be considered an essential service today. It is unacceptable that rural areas, remote municipalities and indigenous communities do not have that access today, in 2020.
The document presented mentions contributions. I will start with a technical question. According to the department's report, the investments planned for 2018-19 under the connect to innovate program appear to have been postponed. Can you tell us why?