The first thing we need to do is improve resiliency and competition.
I also spoke with the head of Interac, and I think there are lessons to be learned when it comes to building more redundancy into networks.
As I told Mr. Deltell, the head of Rogers has to answer some serious questions. I asked him those questions, but I think the committee has a role to play in getting to the bottom of what happened and identifying what further measures need to be taken.
We took some immediate actions after the outage, first to restore connectivity, but then to increase resiliency. I hope the committee can get to the bottom of things. The CRTC is doing that, and its recommendations will inform the additional measures we take. We all want the same thing, after all.
We want a more resilient network, and that is what I've demanded of the country's telecommunications companies. We want them to work together to build the enhanced resilience Canadians expect from the country's telecommunications system.