I just want to acknowledge, Mr. Mayes, that the knowledge infrastructure program for colleges and institutes was marvellous. We were able to catch up with a lot of deferred maintenance and indeed expand the capacity of the system. We've expressed our gratitude for that program many times.
Perhaps I should broaden the discussion a bit to the fastest-growing delivery component of the college education experience, and that is distance learning. This offers remarkable opportunities and is expanding exponentially; it's getting at the notion of creative ways to solve our problems that are not unduly costly. Distance education is growing very quickly.
On the college side, with some of the practical applications and the physical applications required, there are certain limitations. Nevertheless, some institutions.... I've mentioned Algonquin College. Algonquin College—among others—is putting a huge emphasis on distance education, which is a way to use resources economically and to deliver education where it is required. You may not be able to get a single parent to come to an institution, but they may be able to participate online. That is an important need.
Ensuring that all of Canada has access to high-speed Internet would be a tremendous contribution to distance education.