Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Ootes, on February 17th, asked a question in regard to the Government of the Northwest Territories' role on telephone rates.
The CRTC will hold regional hearings on the High Cost Area Fund in Iqaluit on June 25, 1998. The CRTC has been asked to establish a video link from Yellowknife to the hearing and to have audio conference links from Cambridge Bay, Hay River, Inuvik and Rankin Inlet.
Other one-day regional hearings will be held in: Whitehorse, Yukon; Prince Rupert, British Columbia; Grand Prairie, Alberta; Timmins, Ontario; Thompson, Manitoba; Val d'Or, Quebec and Deer Lake, Newfoundland. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.