Mr. Speaker, as we get closer to the turn of the millennium of course the government is taking all the precautions necessary to make sure that we are prepared for any contingency.
I can tell the hon. member, and again it was confirmed in the last few days by a United States Senate report, that Canada is one of the leading nations in the world in Y2K preparedness.
Second, I can say with respect to the telephone system that the hon. member for Ottawa West—Nepean and I visited the Stentor labs a few weeks ago. They demonstrated to us their testing of Y2K. They turned their clocks forward and demonstrated that the tests worked. We are assured that throughout Canada, both the electrical and telephone systems are well on the way to being fully prepared for the change in calendar date.