Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand there will be a hearing in only one place in the Northwest Territories which would be in Iqaluit on June 25th. NorthwesTel has asked the CRTC to establish video conferencing to link people from Yellowknife for this hearing and to also establish audio links from some of the other centres, like Hay River, Inuvik, Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay.

There are other regional hearings. Each of them will last for just one day. They have been scheduled for other parts of the country. The other one in the north would be Whitehorse and throughout the rest of the country. Who would be able to speak? Anybody who could make a presentation in Iqaluit or if the video link up is done from Yellowknife, there would be opportunity for people from Yellowknife to participate in that video link up. There will also be audio link ups from these other communities I mentioned, so anybody that is interested could take that opportunity. This government will be making an oral statement at the Iqaluit hearing, as well as making a variety of written submissions.

At the last CRTC hearing, for your information, that was held in Yellowknife, there were very little political presentations made at that time. MLAs, if you are interested, I would like to encourage you, as well as community groups, businesses and mainly the general public, to take part in the CRTC process. You could do it either through the regional hearings or through written submissions. Thank you.