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Evidence of meeting #128 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was north.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #128 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was north.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
—but 4G LTE is the latest, greatest mobile technology—and to enhance our satellite facilities and our infrastructure on the ground.
As I say, it was $75 million over the last three years to bring the latest mobile technology and broadband technology to each one of the 25 communities.
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
I see your LTE plans “Bush Plane”, “Iceroad”, “Dogteam”, “Snowshoe”....
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
How the hell do you make money, if you don't mind my asking? Where are you getting your money? Are you being subsidized by your energy company? There are no people up there.
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
Well, we try to keep the number of our people down to what is absolutely needed. We're not bloated; we're far from bloated. I think most of us have multiple roles that we have to play, and we love doing that. We invest heavily in technology, which actually helps reduce problems down the road and helps save money. Rather than waiting for something to break and then going on to the next thing, we're actually investing in advance. It's amazing how planning—proper planning, proper investment plans—can actually help you make money.
We're good at what we do. I don't want to be modest about that.
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Conservative
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
Thank you.
It takes many bright people to share ideas. Actually, just before coming here we were in a planning session for a number of items. I won't get into them, but people aren't scared to bounce around ideas. They can shout at each other or congratulate each other.
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
What's the cost of a phone up there? I just have to ask, because—
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
Where are you getting your phones, first of all, and at how much a month?
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
We get them in the same place everybody gets them.
You'll find that for our service plans we have a $25 service plan to begin with.
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
Basically, you have unlimited calling for $25 a month within Nunavut. Data starts at $50 a month along with voice.
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Chief Development Officer, SSi Micro Ltd.
It's $80 a month for more, and $120 a month for even more. That is not government-subsidized. It's our own money that put that in place. We are running is an extremely efficient network operation, and we are still making money from it. That pricing, which we're extremely proud of and want to start shouting from the rooftops, is competitive with and often better than the pricing you find in southern Canada.
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
I was just going to say that I'd like to show this to Bell, to Telus, and to Rogers.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal MaryAnn Mihychuk
On that very interesting note, we have to say goodbye.
Thank you, everyone.
Thank you for coming. Meegwetch. It's been a very interesting panel.
All of our best, and thank you again for travelling to Ottawa.
The meeting is adjourned.