Public Accounts committee  I think they came into force in April 2023. We're going to work with industry, but this is following a proper consultation with industry. Industry had its chance to opine. Overall, we reduced the fees and they just came into force. We will be following up with industry to see w

Public Accounts committee  It came into force on October—four days ago—and the other ones came into force in April.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it was increased.

Public Accounts committee  We don't have any issue working with provinces who work with Starlink. In fact, Quebec is probably the province that has the most citizens on Starlink—government-funded. They were the first ones we worked with. That's not an issue. At this point—and this is me speculating of cou

Public Accounts committee  The Internet service providers who won awards under the rapid response, in many cases, asked us for extensions because they were facing supply chain constraints. They were facing labour shortage issues. They were struggling to get things done during the pandemic, so they asked fo

Public Accounts committee  We're not selecting any more rapid response stream projects. An amount of funding was set aside for the rapid response and it has been allocated. At this point, we're working on the 426 projects that have been awarded under the universal broadband fund.

Public Accounts committee  If it's in reference to the number of citizens who have access to 50/10, the answer is that no residents of Nunavut at the moment have access to 50/10.... I'm sorry. They have access to Starlink as of last December, so they're are Starlink.... In terms of wireline connectivity

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Starlink is a low-earth orbit satellite constellation that was launched a few years ago. As of late last year, it began offering a polar orbit and service was available north of 60 in Canada. Prior to that, it had been available to households south of 60, and then it became

Public Accounts committee  Yes, we've funded applications under the universal broadband fund that requested support to use Starlink dishes. A number of provincial governments...and Quebec is probably the leading example. It has worked quite closely with Starlink in order to reserve capacity for households

Public Accounts committee  I'd have to get back—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I would have to get back to you. I know the funding has been allocated. I'd have to get back to the committee in terms of the completion. I know, for instance, that one project in British Columbia, the Highway of Tears, was funded in collaboration with the provincial governm

Public Accounts committee  No, there are more. There are definitely more. I think we can get back to you in writing. The funding has been allocated.

Public Accounts committee  In terms of the significance of the MOUs, between the six, the federal government committed $2 billion. They've cost matched fifty-fifty in almost all cases, so there's another $2 billion at the provincial level. That's really been, I guess, a game-changer in terms of the ability

Public Accounts committee  In fact, the implementation of the projects posed certain challenges, for example with regard to access to poles owned by Bell or Hydro-Québec. Quebec then set up, in collaboration with the federal government, a concertation table, where I played an observer role. The partnership

Public Accounts committee  I think we should have it by the beginning of 2024.