Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The more I analyze their proposal, the more apparent it is that at NorthwesTel, panhandling is a mission statement, competition is a four-letter word and squander is an everyday management tool.

Mr. Speaker, technological progress in the telecommunications industry means that monopolies, government control and protected markets are no longer sustainable. Mr. Speaker, I am going to shorten my statement here just to get to the end of it. Mr. Speaker, I believe there will be many comments and discussion on this subject, and I think it is a good one that we debate, but I believe that the government should do NorthwesTel a favour by telling them to face up to the market conditions. Mr. Speaker, I want to tell NorthwesTel that denial is not just a river in Egypt. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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