Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Totally.

Industry committee  Well, the consultations took place, and now we are reviewing exactly what the next steps will be on the 3,500 megahertz band. The decisions have not yet been made, but we hope to come forward with that in due course.

Industry committee  We will do our darndest to take into account the challenges that the rural citizens have in this area, in the context of the 3,500 megahertz band.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  I believe that the answer would be no. To reassure you, though, clearly critical infrastructure issues, like the tornado, involve an important telecom component, as you identify. We look at that on an ongoing basis, working with other agencies, such as the public security agenci

Industry committee  Again, I'm not an expert coder, by any means, but I think that at this current point in time, there is a great deal of demand for coders, exactly as you described. I think the question is whether, in the long run, there will still be, strictly speaking, coding that's required. Fo

Industry committee  Yes, there you go.

Industry committee  The Internet is very important, and of course, we're moving to new generations of telecommunications like 5G, generally. How does Canada take full advantage of moving towards those new directions? First of all, in terms of digital infrastructure, we want to put a greater emphasis

Industry committee  I'll let Mitch reply to you in more detail, but SIF is a federal program, so these are federal projects. The issue of addressing some of the shortcomings or changes in Ontario programming is something that we could look at as we move forward; however, to date our focus has been

Industry committee  That's not the plan.

Industry committee  We're still working on the coding part, but Éric Dagenais is the leader on CanCode.

Industry committee  More broadly, though, I think the department is putting a great deal of emphasis on STEM initiatives, including for women, and of course, coding. I know the minister would want to emphasize this if he were here. It's not just about, strictly speaking, doing coding. It's actually

Industry committee  I'll just simplify the answer by saying that although we're only asking for $125 million this year, it is over two years, so it's $250 million in total. We are looking at support for some smaller and medium-sized businesses. We're still working on that.

Industry committee  We remain fully committed to supporting the steel and aluminum sector in the context of the Trump administration, and we're doing our best to do that.