| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Through the Universal Broadband Fund’s (UBF) Rapid Response Stream and Operation High Speed (French web page), the governments of Canada and Quebec are taking immediate action to ensure that people living in rural and remote communities have access to high-speed Internet.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Officials from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada will hold a technical briefing for media regarding a new telecommunications policy. The briefing will take place via teleconference.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Lisa Beare, British Columbia Minister of Citizens’ Services, announced up to $108 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to up to 14,000 households and mobile connectivity to seven communities in rural British Columbia, including First Nations communities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Lisa Beare, British Columbia Minister of Citizens’ Services, announced up to $108 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to up to 14,000 households and mobile connectivity to seven communities in rural British Columbia, including First Nations communities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, will hold a media scrum on telecommunications security.