That's exactly my concern with the opening up of the market. How does that affect you as far as servicing rural areas is concerned?
I have constituents come to me constantly who say they have no service. I'm not sure how well the Rocket works. I don't know if it even exists—but I guess it does in northern Ontario in certain places. Mine is a Rogers' phone and it works well throughout—I just want to point that out—wherever you get service, but there are a number of dark spots. Norm Hawirko, a constituent in my riding, is 20 minutes away from Temiskaming Shores. He's trying to run a business but can't do it.
How do we encourage that? Just last night I was talking to a lady, Cindy Duncan McMillan, from Farrellton, Quebec, just an hour north of Ottawa. That's not that far north. She runs a business selling beef, but to send her price list out, it takes 20 minutes because she's on hard wire. She tells me she doesn't have an alternative. How do we get around that?
I guess you anticipated my question and where I was going. Maybe, Mr. Engelhart, you can elaborate on what we can do as a government to ensure that rural ridings, rural constituents, get service.