Digital Canada 150 has five pillars to it, 39 specific action items, and one national policy for all of Canada.
The first of the five pillars is connecting Canadians. It's making sure that we're all bound together and fully participating, as the second largest country in the world in size but 37th largest in terms of population. In a wireless sphere, with our connecting Canadians program and our investment on a P3 basis in infrastructure all across the country, it's that all Canadians are connected going forward. As well, of course, with our wireless policies, it's that we have world-class connectivity and competitive pricing with adequate competition, which is why we've taken the approaches we have on spectrum auction and spectrum transfer policy.
The second pillar is the digital economy. You'll remember when we first did our digital policy efforts in our first term in government, we talked about a digital economy strategy. Well, at the time, it was around the margins of the worst recession since the Second World War, and, of course, everything had the language of an economic policy and economics. But the truth is that a digital economy strategy, in my view, is a bit too narrow of a lens to put on a broad digital policy for a country. That said, there are specific measures that a government can take in order to ensure that the digital economy is moving forward. This speaks to it a little bit, but there are other measures as well.
One pillar is connecting us. The second pillar is the digital economy and the opportunities that exist within it. A third pillar is making the government more digital than ever before: the Open Data Institute that we have, the OpenScience initiative, making sure that government information is more accessible online than ever before, and taking those initiatives that Tony Clement, as President of the Treasury Board, has tackled.
The fourth pillar is protecting Canadians online, so: connecting Canadians; digital economic strategy; more digital government than ever before; and protecting Canadians online, which this legislation is central to.
The fifth and the final pillar is the one that I find most fun and interesting. Once you connect everybody, once you've made it more secure, you're taking full advantage of the digital economic opportunities, and the government is walking its talk and hopefully adopting the more digital approach to the way it does everything, then you breathe life into all of this with digital Canadian content. A central point to all of this is pushing our museums to be more digital, ensuring that the public broadcaster, the Canada Council for the Arts, and everybody who is engaged in telling Canadian stories to Canadians about Canada, our history and aspirations and all of these things. This country only survives if we have better understanding of our history, better opportunities to talk about our aspirations for the future. Breathing life into the content side is the fifth and final pillar.
None of these pillars stand on their own. If any one of these pillars was the entirety of the digital policy, it would lack comprehension. This is essential for us to move forward.