Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I hope you are going to invite the minister alone, because we can't give everyone time. So I'm going to take a bit of time with Ms. Hutchings.
I am very interested in the subject of building cellphone towers. Unfortunately, based on the answer you gave in the House just now, I have the impression that the development of high-speed Internet and of the cellular network are being looked at very differently, when they should be connected. Let's agree that wireless data transmission can be transformed into cellular transmission, and vice versa.
As industry critic, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of places, including Notre-Dame-du-Laus in Laurentides—Labelle, the village of Racine in Shefford, the community of Lac Souris in Berthier—Maskinongé, not far from Mr. Champagne's riding, along highway 167 in northern Quebec, near Chibougamau, in my home riding Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the community of Kipawa, or in Preissac or Rochebaucourt. They are all places where people would like to see investments to get a cellphone tower.
Unfortunately, the federal government is not offering any programs for building cellphone towers. Since telecommunications falls under federal jurisdiction, I think you should fund 50 per cent of building those towers. The government of Quebec could fund the construction, since it did so in my riding, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the Mobile A-T project.
My question is simple: could the federal government offer a program to build cellphone towers?