Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses today.
Certainly what you've said definitely echoes what we've heard from other witnesses in terms of jurisdictional areas' funding from three levels of government. As a local MP, I have found it extremely challenging to know where various ratepayers groups should apply for funding.
Mr. Field, could you just elaborate a little bit more? You're talking about a transfer of funds from the federal level to the provincial level, which would then work with municipalities. I think, as we all know with COVID-19, the issue of broadband access really does have a national imperative or responsibility to a certain extent.
There has been a recommendation of a broadband czar at the federal level, as an example, to try to coordinate at least at the federal level what exactly is required in terms of access and affordability for Internet services across the country. How do you see your model in operational terms? How exactly would it work when you say the three levels need to collaborate, knowing full well that often it doesn't happen?