Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that, on November 9, 1998, Harris Canada Inc. and the Government of Canada announced a $133 million investment in the Montreal and Calgary divisions.
The Montreal project entails a $9,861,900 investment by Technology Partnerships Canada, as part of a global investment of $72 million over four years. This is a project to develop wireless point-to-multipoint broadband access systems, which will make functions like high-speed Internet access and video access accessible without wired components. This investment is expected to generate 320 jobs in Montreal by the year 2005.
I should point out that, since 1996, Technology Partnerships Canada has invested more than $300 million, which helped maintain or create 3,875 jobs in the greater Montreal area.