Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to welcome Madam Minister.
With the 2021 budget introduced by our government, the universal broadband fund will amount to $2.75 billion.
However, the former Conservative government, which focused on saving money by limiting infrastructure spending, invested only $6 billion of the $9 billion set out for 2010. This stands in stark contrast to our government, which is putting a significant amount of money into various funds and programs for infrastructure projects.
Moreover, starting in 2021, an additional $1 billion will be invested over six years to support a more rapid rollout of broadband projects.
Madam Minister, how can you give us the assurance that the projects approved by our government aren't given only to big telecommunications companies?