Mr. Speaker, on August 26, the Government of Canada announced its intention to fund the creation of the first national fibre-optic Internet network in the world. This desire to play a lead role in state-of-the-art technology confirms the dynamism of our government and its desire to keep abreast of the rapidly developing Internet market.
Initially, this network, with its absolutely amazing capacity and speed, will serve the Canadian research and high tech sectors. Its amazing capacity will make numerous research, academic and trade applications possible, whose demands are far beyond the capacity of existing networks.
Canada will be the first country in the world to possess a national network that is wholly fibre-optic based. We can be proud of all the men and women who work in this complex high-tech environment, in an expanding field from which all Canadians stand to benefit in the near future.