Governments of Canada and Ontario invest to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural households

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On March 29, 2022, Irek Kusmierczyk, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, along with Bob Bailey, Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia–Lambton, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund and Improving Connectivity for Ontario projects:

Universal Broadband Fund and Improving Connectivity for Ontario projects
Internet service provider Combined provincial and federal funding Communities to benefit Estimated number of homes with increased access to high-speed Internet
Brooks Bay Cable Corporation $4,336,765 Brooke-Alvinston, Inwood, Oakdale, Oil City, Oil Springs 341
Quadro Communications $836,368 Birr, Clandeboye, Denfield, Lucan 132
Gosfield North Communication $19,465,000 Pelee Island, Wheatley Harbour, Elmdale, rural areas near Tilbury 707

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