First is infrastructure. We have to make sure the pipe is there. We've got to make sure people are able to communicate. So the spectrum auction will go a long way towards permitting carriers to acquire spectrum and then build out to reach more effectively. I think the AWS auction was successful. If you look at the deployment that's taking place in Quebec, Vidéotron is spending a ton of money to go head to head with Rogers, Bell, and Telus, and we're seeing meaningful competition. Related to that is the broadband initiative the government undertook.
So infrastructure is one. Second is having a solid legislative framework. It's copyright, privacy legislation, spam.... Those things are important to ensure that in a digital world individuals know what their rights are and can feel secure in transacting on a commercial basis over the Internet.
Third is the ICT adoption. We've got to become more ICT-literate across the country. So we're working with BDC, we're working with IRAP, we're working with the provinces to become more ICT-literate.
Fourth, we need an ICT sector. Canada has great universities that produce great engineers, great technicians, great colleges. We have to keep priming that pump. There was a decrease after the bubble burst in 2000 in terms of kids taking up computer studies in universities and colleges. We're working with the provinces to see what we can do to ensure that we have a tech-savvy workplace, because if you want to have a great sector, if you want to have a growing ICT sector, it's going to grow through people who will come up with the great ideas.
So we need to be technologically savvy, which is my last point. We can do this through EDC. EDC supports many of the companies that make products here and sell them abroad. EDC is a big player there. As I said, by combining the enhancement of the workforce with the sector, the sector will grow if there are qualified people. So we have to work with the provinces to ensure that people going through colleges and universities understand the importance and the growth opportunities of the ICT sector.
So those are the five. And I would say that the digital strategy is in some ways evergreen, because we keep unveiling different tranches. When the government introduces copyright and PIPEDA legislation, it will be another element, if you wish, of the digital strategy being unfolded.