I often drive from Windsor to Toronto, and there are sections of the 401 where your signal drops. This is allegedly an urban area.
As a former police officer, I share your concern about public safety. God forbid there is an emergency or a school shooting in a remote area. The kids who are trying to get out are calling their parents or 911 and can't. The police show up, and they can't use their phones either. Land lines are not available. What happens then? The families are going to be calling us to say, “You had a chance to fix this”—through this bill perhaps—“but what did you do?” What are we going to tell them?