Merci, Monsieur le President. And I'm going to spring this on the Minister of Finance unfortunately, but there was a audit report just released by the Auditor General of Canada connecting connectivity in rural and remote areas. There's quite a bit of discussion, Mr. Speaker, in this report about unspent funds. I thought our government was bad getting money out the door but this is actually quite shocking in terms of supporting internet connectivity in rural and remote communities. You know, for example, the broadband fund, only 26 percent of the money budgeted was expended. Low earth or orbit to capacity agreement, zero percent. Connecting Canadians, 88 percent, a little bit better. But only 40 percent of the money was actually expended to help connect rural and remote communities, Mr. Speaker. What is our government doing to fix this problem? Thanks, Mr. Speaker.
Kevin O'Reilly on Question 1474-19(2): Audit Report and Unspent Funds on Internet Connectivity
In the Legislative Assembly on March 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.
Question 1474-19(2): Audit Report and Unspent Funds on Internet Connectivity
Oral Questions
March 27th, 2023
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