Mahsi, Madam Speaker. I'm going to speak in my language. (Translation) Today I would like to say a few things about telephones in smaller communities like Jean Marie River, Trout Lake and Nahanni Butte in my constituency. In these smaller communities, they only have one phone. In Kakisa, they also only have one phone. Like the experience of my colleague here from Bay Chimo, and around that area, these small communities only have one phone.
People from these communities have been asking for telephones for quite some while, especially the band councils. There is only one phone and often times, these phones are tied up. Some people have asked for residential phones. I have received letters from some people from my constituency on these matters. In the letter I received from Don Morin, he said it was NorthwesTel that would be responsible for installing telephones in these communities.
There was a meeting a while ago regarding CRTC and NorthwesTel. As a result of these meetings, June 20 is the deadline for installing telephones in these smaller communities. They are working towards that but what I want to say is right now, there is a real need for telephones in these communities. A lot of people write to me from these communities like teachers and business owners. Thank you.