Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to both of our witnesses for being here with us today.
My first question will go to Mr. Thomson.
You spoke about the importance of rural broadband and how, as much as the deal may not be ideal, you are glad to see that they are committing to make investments in rural broadband. You said that the devil is in the details.
I was hoping you could maybe give us a bit more on what you would think would be an acceptable deal. Obviously, you know that one of our government's priorities is connecting as many Canadians as possible in rural and indigenous communities. For years, I believe, the government's been trying to incentivize the companies to go there on their own and to try to get them to create the infrastructure needed. Obviously, this is seen as being a positive side to the deal.
Can you comment on that and give us some insight as to what you think?