Broadband connectivity in rural Canada : overcoming the digital divide / Dan Ruimy, chair.: XC39-1/1-421-11E-PDF

"Broadband Internet benefits rural and remote communities by bringing them, among other things, education resources, better health services and more economic opportunities. In 2016, acknowledging its importance, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) declared that broadband Internet amounted to an essential service and adopted minimal performance standards across Canada: 50 megabit per second download and 10 megabit per second upload. The CRTC currently collaborates with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to fund broadband deployment in rural and remote areas. However, the evidence presented to the Committee by a variety of stakeholders shows that the digital divide remains prominent in Canada, and that the CRTC targets may not be appropriate to all rural and remote areas"--Summary, p. [1].

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Title Broadband connectivity in rural Canada : overcoming the digital divide / Dan Ruimy, chair.
Series title Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology ; 11th report, 42nd Parliament, 1st session
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Connectivité à la large bande dans les régions rurales du Canada : combler le fossé numérique.
"April 2018."
Includes government response.
Original published on: 2018/04/17. Republished on: 2018/04/20, 2018/06/05, 2018/06/22.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : House of Commons, Canada, 2018.
Author / Contributor Ruimy, Dan, 1962-
Description ix, 43 p. : col. chart, ill.
Catalogue number
  • XC39-1/1-421-11E-PDF
Subject terms Digital divide
Rural development
Internet
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