We already have processes in place to avoid duplication in funding projects. A key instrument of this is broadband maps that ISED maintains in partnership with the CRTC; if you can imagine a jigsaw puzzle between existing project infrastructure coverage, as well as proposed projects, analysis is done by ISED engineers to avoid overlap between projects or with existing infrastructure.
However, we do have some constraints on how quickly and easily we can do that analysis, limited by the information that can be shared outside of ISED and the CRTC with others, including provinces and territories. We make it work, but it's more complicated than it needs to be. This amendment would help to streamline that.