Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister Guilbeault, this continues my questioning with regard to your cabinet decision. You're aware that you've raised $3.47 billion in spectrum auctions since you've been elected. You were at cabinet. You're scheduled, budgeted, to spend $170 million of that for the Canadian connectivity program. At the same time, you'll be spending significantly right now for arts and culture in Canada, including important connections to communities like mine, with over 300 years of francophone cultural connection that we're extremely proud of. We're also faced with the United States bombarding us with their media sources.
What do you say to those Canadians who have to wait for another 10 years for connectivity when your government is pocketing the lion's share of the $3.47 billion in spectrum auction that you received, and at the same time you're going to be rolling out programs for arts and culture in Canada that will have to wait, for a good majority of Canadians in rural and remote areas, and that in some areas will very expensive to access, because the rates are so high? Why is that acceptable?