I don’t really have time to find external links, so I leave this as an exercise to the reader.
Didn’t we already give Bell a whack of money to implement broadband to all Canadians? We need to enforce that they provide broadband internet to rural areas, NOT give Bell more money intended for rural broadband which will just be wasted away again. IIRC, the CRTC is subsidising Bell’s infrastructure costs and requiring them to provide the GAS (Gateway Access Service) to their ADSL competition. Bell still refuses to provide access to many areas until the residents can prove there is enough guarantee of profit for it to be worthwhile for Bell. Why are they being allowed to use subsidised funds in this way Mr Harper?
Canada has already given satellite providers money to launch satellites intended to provide internet access to the territories up North. IIRC, original programs in this initiative were abused to sell internet and TV access to other countries as it was more profitable.
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