Masi, Mr. Speaker. I want to talk about the Worldwide Web today. In these socially distanced times, with travel and human contact limited by COVID, the Worldwide Web takes on an even greater importance. The Honourable Caroline Wawzonek touched on this on June 3, 2020, when she mentioned the heightened importance of digital technology in a COVID-dominated world. Mr. Speaker, just imagine how people in isolated communities such as the Tlicho communities of Whati, Gameti, and Wekweeti, in this time of COVID, imagine how they feel in their nursing stations, in their schools, homes, even government offices, compared to Internet with high-speed fibre optic services such as in Yellowknife and other major centres, not only Yellowknife, but also Inuvik and Fort Simpson, and even Tulita for that matter.

Imagine especially how Whati feels when it looks 60 kilometres down the road to the Tlicho all-season road project, the campsite. That is 30 kilometres from the highway. Even that construction camp has a fibre optic link. That construction camp can live stream TV, Mr. Speaker. Internet connectivity isn't a luxury. It is a requirement of modern life. In fact, the Minister's department has made it a formal priority, so how is it, Mr. Speaker, in this day and age, that Whati, Gameti, and Wekweeti are left in the dark ages? I will have questions regarding this puzzling state of affairs. At the appropriate time, I will be asking the Minister responsible for an explanation. Masi.