I recently received quite a few letters from school children at Brennan Creek School, thanking me for my help in getting their school a computer and hooking up to the Internet. Those children really appreciate the learning opportunities available through the Information Highway. The Community Access Program links communities into a competitive global economy. The Program is plugging every community in Canada with more than 400 people into the Net. B.C. Once they're on-line, the people in these communities can improve their quality of life.
Children have access to sophisticated educational facilities through tele-learning.
Adults can follow training programs to update their skills. Medical facilities link to the most sophisticated hospitals in the country using tele-health. We've already seen cases where some of Canada's foremost specialists have performed on-line diagnosis of patients in communities thousands of miles away. CAP is bringing these same opportunities to northern B.C. communities. This morning, I spoke to people in Telegraph Creek, B.C., via webcast.