Masi, Madam Chair. The fibre optic line that was built along the Mackenzie Valley unfortunately didn't connect to all of the communities, as it should. We need to build on that as a fibre optic line, connecting to the communities along the way.

There are other announcements as well from Northwestel. It was in the newspaper that they are connecting under Great Slave Lake onto the communities. We need to sit down with the head of Northwestel and find out what their plan is. Are they going to be connecting to all communities or just some communities? How can we partner with them? I heard on the radio that, obviously, they will be seeking out sponsor support from GNWT. Well, we are here today. We need to meet with them. Those are discussions that we need to have at the high level.

It has to be comparable and compatible to larger centres. Small communities should not be left out, as we heard yesterday from small community representatives. This is an opportunity for us to connect all communities with fibre optic lines so that we have a high-speed Internet that is compatible to larger centres. I fully support that as well. We need to sit down and talk about the initiatives on the go with the Mackenzie Valley fibre optic, building on that, and also Northwestel. Those are discussions that we need to have. Masi.