[Advisors] Infrastructure money for community-based broadband

[michael gurstein]

That's cool... and very good question Garth...

M

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From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of Garth
Graham
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:28 AM
To: Advisors Advisors
Subject: [Advisors] Infrastructure money for community-based broadband

Here are three references to "infrastructure" as community-based broadband
in the new Federal Budget:

> Building Canada Fund
> Economic Action Plan 2013 provides $14 billion over 10 years to support
infrastructure projects of national, regional and local significance. The
new Building Canada Fund will have two components:
> 
> 	. A $4-billion National Infrastructure Fund that will support
investments in projects of national significance, such as highways, public
transit, and gateway and trade corridor-related infrastructure.
> 	. A $10-billion Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Fund that will
support projects of national, regional and local significance in communities
across the country in a broader range of categories including highways,
public transit, drinking water, wastewater, CONNECTIVITY AND BROADBAND, and
innovation.


> The Community Improvement Fund includes:
> 	. $21.8 billion over 10 years through Gas Tax Fund payments.
Currently $2 billion per year, it is proposed that these payments be indexed
at 2 per cent per year, starting in 2014-15, with increases to be applied in
$100-million increments. The Government will conclude new Gas Tax Fund
agreements before the end of current agreements on March 31, 2014. The list
of existing eligible investment categories will be expanded to include:
highways, local and regional airports, short-line rail, short-sea shipping,
disaster mitigation, BROADBAND AND CONNECTIVITY, brownfield redevelopment,
culture, tourism, sport, and recreation.


> Support for First Nations Infrastructure Economic Action Plan 2013 
> proposes $155 million over 10 years for First Nations on-reserve
infrastructure from the new Building Canada Fund, in addition to allocations
from the Gas Tax Fund.
> 
> Under the new Building Canada plan, the Government will continue to
provide support for investments in First Nations infrastructure projects on
reserve such as roads, bridges, energy systems as well as other First
Nations infrastructure priorities.
> 
> Funding of $155 million over 10 years will be allocated from the National
Infrastructure Component of the new Building Canada Fund to the First
Nations Infrastructure Fund managed by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern
Development Canada. Funding from the Gas Tax Fund component of the Community
Improvement Fund will also be allocated to the First Nations Infrastructure
Fund, with this allocation based on First Nations population on reserve.
This Fund focuses on five priority areas: improving First Nations energy
systems (linking to power grids, sustainable energy systems), BROADBAND
CONNECTIVITY, garbage disposal (including landfills and recycling), road and
bridge projects, and improving community capacity for infrastructure
planning. Funding allocated from the new Building Canada Fund and the Gas
Tax Fund will be at least equivalent to the level of funding allocated under
the 2007 Building Canada plan.

Now what are we going to do to get municipalities to pick up on that option?

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