Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll probably not use all the time, so that'll help you out.
I represent a rural riding, so I'll ask my question on behalf of members here and not here, who have rural constituencies. I'll try not to be biased, but I will mention that in my riding office located in a town of 6,000, when I moved I wasn't able to get high-speed from the incumbent. I had to get high-speed from the cable company. I thought that was kind of interesting. I didn't have a choice, as it turned out.
If I were trying to convince a group of farmers in a rural part of any riding in the country, where they are not in a village but are out on the township roads, where if they have television it's probably satellite television, and if I were trying to make an argument, say, on behalf of the newer entrants to the industry to that kind of front-line retail service, what government directive could I point to that would tell them that it's going to get worse for them, that their prospects of getting high-speed, broadband, or any other of the new and emerging services...? What arguments could you give me to help me convince them that we need to maintain this chance for the new entrants to have a run-up, to have a chance to get some momentum before they face full competition from the incumbents?
I would leave it at that, Mr. Chair. If there are a couple of comments, I'd appreciate it.