Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this government initiated the digital communication network, or DCN as we call it, back in May of 1996. This was to be the backbone of our communications system in the NWT. Mr. Speaker, the DCN has been plagued with delays from the start. Everyone agrees that our communications systems needs to be updated. There was also a lot of support for this work to begin. There were concerns, however, raised on many occasions in this Assembly regarding the process used to have the north connected. Mr. Speaker, I bring to this House another concern. This one is added to the list of concerns raised already on the issue of the DCN.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Inuvik TV for stepping in and providing free Internet access when this government through this DCN was unable to come through. Once again, this showed that local Internet providers are better equipped to handle the new technological challenges that face us. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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