Industry committee  We'll hear about decisions and announcements over the next couple of weeks. I really can't comment on which province is next. I can just say that over the next few weeks, you will hear about other provinces and you will hear about B.C.

Industry committee  It's hard to tell at this point, because not everything has been selected. We saw in the Quebec announcement that there are 360 communities, so we can—

Industry committee  It's hard to tell.

Industry committee  We have to wait for decisions to be made.

Industry committee  For backbone, yes.

Industry committee  We haven't done a detailed costing because it's difficult to do, but we're talking about billions of dollars. I think at one point we had estimated $5 billion for rural Canada, and then we were thinking the north would cost $2 billion. I think we want to revisit those numbers onc

Industry committee  I think we'll definitely have a ballpark figure by January, I would say. Remember that this is still ballpark. What we're seeing is that the north probably costs more than what we thought, and then it could be that the rural part of what I'll call the south may not be quite as

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Once a project has been selected and announced, we start to work on a contribution agreement to sign with the proponent. That's the next step, and we work closely with the proponent in doing so. Matawa is likely planning an engineering design for the fibre deployment. They would

Industry committee  It's going. Is it quick? I don't want to say it's quick, but they are certainly very happy. I would think that the funding has been announced and the project has been selected and work is under way.

Industry committee  Well, these are fly-in communities. When we talk about remote, we're referring to communities that don't have year-round road access.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  We evaluate the applications using the criteria in our application guide. There are essential criteria and relative criteria. Technology is an essential criterion. Most of the applications we receive are for fibre optic. We consider the applications we receive. I said earlier tha

Industry committee  One of the things about broadband is that when municipalities or other jurisdictions are planning passive infrastructure, whether it be roads, utility poles, or bridges, the best and most cost-effective way to deploy broadband is when you're planning that as part of other infrast