Thanks, Madam Chair. This could be more of a comment. If we have to wait for the CRTC and Northwestel to develop broadband for all of our communities, it's probably not even going to happen in my lifetime. The federal government and throne speech on lots of other occasions have talked about almost becoming like a right within Canada. There is a need for equitable access to the Internet, and we saw that with the pandemic, with distance education needs for our youth and the education system. Even applying for CERB online, whatever, people have to have equitable and affordable access to broadband across the country.

If we don't have a plan together, a costed plan, to take to the federal government, we're going to miss the boat again on federal funding like we did with housing. I just cannot stress enough to my Cabinet colleagues: we need that plan. It's not just me saying it. It's people like Just Recovery, Our Time, people across the Northwest Territories who want and have a right to access affordable Internet and telecommunication services. Where is the plan to develop that? There is no money in the budget to do it. I don't know what else to say, Madam Chair. We have to get that plan together, and the sooner the better so you folks in the Cabinet side can go to Ottawa and start to get that money. Thanks, Madam Chair. That's the big capital project that our government should be pursuing right now. Thanks, Madam Chair.