Well, the short answer is yes, Mr. Speaker, I will look into that issue. I think that I need to elaborate a little bit. I recognize the concerns of Mr. Zubko in Inuvik and others in Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet, et cetera. But when we held this program forward, it was never the intention to take away business from these local suppliers. I thought that we would work together to see if there would be some compromise reached where we could integrate what they were doing and what we are doing. I mean this initiative of a digital communications system is territorial wide. It connects into the international digital service, et cetera. It was a proposal put forward, I want to remind everybody, a joint venture owned and operated by a number of Aboriginal and non-aboriginal groups in the territories.

It certainly was not the intention, at least not mine anyway, to take away from those who are delivering at a local level some of the digital communications systems. I understand the frustration of my honourable colleague and his other colleague from Fort Smith. I will undertake to first of all, one, determine if there is in fact a policy in place and, two, perhaps more importantly get the meeting that should have happened weeks ago between ourselves and the local internet service providers to see if there is some arrangement that can be reached and some compromise so we can get on with this very important initiative of providing distance communications to all our communities across the territories before April 1, 1999. Thank you.