Mr. Speaker, last week we launched phase 2 of our government's plan to connect every Canadian to high-speed Internet. The universal broadband fund builds on the efforts that we began early on in our first mandate. It is the plan Canadians asked for. It is the plan our rural members of Parliament shaped. It is a plan shaped by experts, and it includes flexibility, backbone, last mile and a rapid response stream.
I want to thank the Prime Minister for his care and support for rural Canada and particularly for appointing the member for Long Range Mountains to colead this file with me. She truly moves mountains.