Madam Speaker, it is a very important topic for us in rural ridings whether in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Manitoba or Prince Edward Island. We have to ensure those people in the rural areas will be part of this whole country.
Through this program I am pleased to see that seven of those Internet arrangements were allowed to come into my riding. Now a series of others want to get on to it because it is a program that brings us in very close contact with one another. It provides us with vehicles through the communication network we did not have before. This brings us together because we have distance barriers of rural ridings. It allows us to communicate almost instantly.
In the agricultural sector I have grain farmers who are so excited that they can now use this as a basis for communication worldwide on almost an instantaneous arrangement.
I thank the member for the question. It is a very important aspect of our whole budget proposal and it will take us forward into the next century.