Canadian Heritage committee  The communities that are most in need, we identify as satellite-dependent. These are communities where there is not terrestrial infrastructure in place. They need to rely on a satellite, which means they're shooting a signal literally into space and waiting for it to come back do

Canadian Heritage committee  We have a number of programs, including Broadband Canada. No, actually, that was the 2009 to 2012 program. Please excuse my error. It is actually the Connecting Canadians program. This is a $300-million program, which is designed to improve services all across Canada, specific

Canadian Heritage committee  We have a similar set-up. We're not occupied with content. I have a small team focused on availability of broadband and broadband policy. They want to know who has it and at what price, and what the competitive framework is. Within the department there's a much larger team that d

Canadian Heritage committee  I can speak to that. This is an area that we're starting to look at. More typically, Industry Canada's programming has been focused on improving access, and the issue of affordability hasn't been as directly addressed. The primary driver really is competition, and that's one of

Canadian Heritage committee  This is somewhat outside my field of expertise, but I will try to answer your question. That is a typical example of a public demand. Many people are insisting on having mobile or Internet service that is dependent on a tower. However, it is difficult to decide where to place a

Canadian Heritage committee  I would encourage them to continue speaking with the service providers. If they're having disputes, they can certainly reach out to our department.

Canadian Heritage committee  Understood.

Canadian Heritage committee  There may be. I'm sorry, it's not an area that I'm overly familiar with.

Industry committee  That is correct. It is a strict prohibition—

Industry committee  It will come into force upon royal assent.

Industry committee  This item has been very front and centre for some time. We have not had consultations. I would not be surprised to see a regulatory process flowing from this to ensure that compliance can occur.

Industry committee  The most typical fee is $2.

Industry committee  Two dollars per month does add up.

Industry committee  There's limited publicly available information on this. We have the information that was collected by the CRTC, but with that you have to make a number of assumptions to get a total amount. The assumptions PIAC have made seem quite valid. We could make other assumptions, but it w

Industry committee  We have not conducted an independent study to calculate the estimated financial impact on consumers, no.