Let's put the question the other way. You seem to be saying that you have very little service in your particular riding despite having restrictions on foreign investment. Clearly, Bell Canada, or whoever the service provider is, hasn't spent much time there because they themselves are spending time in Toronto and the larger cities. That will always be a problem. You are correct when you say that a new entrant, in order to get revenue and the profits to continue investing, will always go into the larger urban centres to invest.
I guess my point is that over time there's much more of an incentive, when there is vibrant competition, to go out to some of the less populated areas. I think that all OECD countries have areas like yours where, at the end of the day, there is a need to find alternative means to provide service. That's whether it's through government subsidies, municipal networks, or what have you.
There are certain countries that have an auction, for example, and it's a reverse type of auction. The government states that they'll make this area available and they're asking for operators to come and state what kind of subsidy they need to go there. The more players you have in the market, the better chances you will have that someone will decide to go there.