| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Households in rural communities to benefit from the funding to increase access to high-speed Internet
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Today, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, highlighted more than $96 million in combined federal and provincial funding for five projects to bring high-speed Internet access to 22,546 households in rural and First Nations communities in Ontario.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, along with Marcus Powlowski, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Rainy River, highlighted more than $163 million in combined federal and provincial funding for seven projects to bring high-speed Internet access to 7,772 households in rural Ontario, as well as in First Nations communities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Rural British Columbians to benefit from increased connectivity to high-speed Internet
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Households in rural and First Nation communities to benefit from the funding to increase access to high-speed Internet
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, will announce an investment to improve high-speed Internet access in Manitoba. A media availability will follow.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Minister Hutchings highlights Budget 2022 commitments to increase loan forgiveness for doctors and nurses in rural and remote communities
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, will announce an investment to improve high-speed Internet access in British Columbia. A media availability will follow.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | backgrounders
On April 19, 2022, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced more than $56 million in new combined federal and provincial funding for six projects to bring high-speed Internet access to that following communities in northern and southwestern Ontario, including several First Nation communities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Over 6,500 households in rural and First Nation communities to benefit from the funding to increase access to high-speed Internet
