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e-2043 (Telecommunications)
- Keywords
- Broadband Internet services
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
- Rural communities
E-petition
Initiated by Marie-Noëlle Lanthier from St-Bernardin, Ontario
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Rural communities play an important role in Canada’s economy;
- Adequate access to high-speed Internet is essential to the vitality of rural communities;
- The CRTC declared that high-speed Internet is an essential service;
- The CRTC has committed to spending $750 million to address the lack of rural broadband network coverage; and
- The CRTC has set targets for download speeds of 50 Mbps and upload speeds of 10 Mbps for broadband services;
We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
(1) Ensure that the $750 million allocated to the CRTC to achieve the set targets is properly allocated to the communities that need it most;
(2) Ensure the regional distribution of funds; and
(3) Allocate additional funding to provide access and improve high-speed Internet in rural areas.
- Open for signature
- February 22, 2019, at 9:33 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 22, 2019, at 9:33 a.m. (EDT)
