Thank you, Chair.
I concur with that assessment. I think it is vitally important to alleviate the stress that is put on facilities such as those in north Niagara and in Fort Erie and to help facilitate not only the $130-million hospital that will be built but also development in the entire south Niagara area, especially with the trade corridor and the free trade zone. I wish you good luck in working with government officials to ensure that we get the flexibility that is required in terms of that program.
Second, Chair, I'd like to go to Councillor Foster and talk about broadband in Niagara. I know that in January, through SWIFT, there was an announcement of about $21.2 million of broadband upgrades connecting another 5,629 homes. That included $8.8 million—$4.4 million from the province and $4.4 million from the federal government. Despite that, we're still talking about 54% being underserviced in our region alone.
Mr. Foster, in terms of that, when we go forward with a project such as this, which brought in another $12.4 million leveraged from the private sector, how long would that project take from the initial seeking of provincial and federal support to the rollout and announcement in January?