Again, I come from a rural community. When I go to urban communities, they talk about mobility. When I go to rural Canada, they talk about connectivity. Probably half of my own riding, just like yours, has no Internet and no cellphone coverage.
For me, broadband Internet is the lifeblood of the future. If you want to allow for remote education, remote medicine and remote telework, allow people to innovate, participate in commerce and get a better education, connectivity is obviously essential.
That's why, in the last budget, we decided to add more money to make sure that every Canadian would be connected to broadband by 2030. I think this is a great message to rural Canada. Rural Canada matters. We want to provide the same opportunity for people who live in Saint-Adelphe, in my own riding. Like the people in your riding, they want to be connected, to be able to work from home, get an education from home and even to get medical care remotely, in some cases.
I think this is essential to build a better Canada, and a better life for Canadians.