[Advisors] teleconference -- draft notes

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:03:59 -0300

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The CATA iCanada initiative is aimed at SMEs. There approach is to lobby
government to provide funding for equipment vendors to perform R&D.

Not altruistic motivations, but given the blue ribbon membership list, CATA
could be a useful ally.

If the purpose was to provide connectivity to SMEs that is, and you don=B9t
mind others profiting from the effort.

Gary

On 12.04.26 1:26 AM, "James Van Leeuwen" <jvl@ventus.ca> wrote:

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> On 2012-04-25, at 8:54 PM, Garth Graham wrote:
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The CATA iCanada initiative is aimed at SMEs. There approach is to lobby g=
overnment to provide funding for equipment vendors to perform R&amp;D. 
 
Not altruistic motivations, but given the blue ribbon membership list, CATA=
 could be a useful ally. 
 
If the purpose was to provide connectivity to SMEs that is, and you don&#82=
17;t mind others profiting from the effort. 
 
Gary 
 
 
On 12.04.26 1:26 AM, &quot;James Van Leeuwen&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"jvl@ventus.=
ca">jvl@ventus.ca</a>&gt; wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>Somebody mentioned small business, but it wasn't me.=
 
 
 
That said... 
 
If the objective is to advance digital inclusion, can we leverage small bus=
iness development towards this end? 
 
If small business development is where the $$ are, how can we be about smal=
l business development? 
 
At risk of stating the obvious, the present political climate doesn't lend =
itself to initiatives rooted in social justice and inclusion. 
 
The federal government is going in the opposite direction. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On 2012-04-25, at 8:54 PM, Garth Graham wrote: 
 
&gt; On 2012-04-25, at 12:02 PM, Marita Moll wrote: 
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&gt;&gt; &lt;Advisor mtg-Apr25-12.doc&gt; 
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&gt;&gt; GG: &nbsp;Strong small business focus, not poverty focus 
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&gt; Believe me, as the author of TC's digital inclusion policy, I definite=
ly did NOT say that and don't believe it (and neither did Clarice). &nbsp;I =
think James first said that. 
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