Mr. Speaker, the challenge of encouraging economic growth and jobs in rural and remote communities largely lies with access issues, access to financing. We have made major progress through changes in the Business Development Bank of Canada and the Farm Credit Corporation, access to markets with a network of international trade agreements and Team Canada and access to technology.
In communities as different and as remote as Otterville, Ontario or Montague, Prince Edward Island, or even Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Territories, the community access program has put these communities on the mainstream of the information highway providing opportunities for economic growth and job creation.