[Advisors] Fwd: KRG building fibre network to serve remote communities - YES!!!

[Marita Moll]

Good news for remote Inuit communities

Marita

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Subject: 	KRG building fibre network to serve remote communities - YES!!!
Date: 	Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:04:10 -0300
From: 	Brian Beaton <brian.beaton at KNET.CA>
Reply-To: 	Brian Beaton <brian.beaton at KNET.CA>
To: 	FIRSTMILE at LISTSERV.UNB.CA



FYI .. WOW .. KRG accessing $125M to build subsea connections to remote 
Inuit communities and Fibre-to-the-home connections and .. [smiles] .. 
So very exciting!!

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who worked on this one!! Looks like Dan and 
the Tamaani team is going to be busy for some time to come [smiles] ..

http://firstmile.ca/krg-receives-millions-to-construct-ftth-and-sub-sea-fibre-network-to-serve-nunavik-remote-communities/

ISED News release ..


    Remote Inuit communities will benefit from first-time access to
    modern high-speed Internet

*Nunavik residents to get new or faster Internet access thanks to 
investments from governments of Canada and Quebec*

*August 22, 2018* – Kuujjuaq, Quebec

Internet access is more than just a convenience: citizens, communities, 
businesses and institutions need it to find information, offer services 
and create opportunities. That’s why the Government of Canada is helping 
all of Nunavik’s 14 Inuit communities and 28 institutions get online 
with new or improved high-speed Internet access.

Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Persons with 
Disabilities, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of 
Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced a joint 
federal-provincial investment of $125.2 million in high-speed Internet 
today at the Kativik Regional Government office in Kuujjuaq. The 
Government of Canada, through the Connect to Innovate program, and the 
Government of Quebec, through the Ministry of economy, science and 
innovation, which mandated the Société du Plan Nord to carry out this 
project, will each invest $62.6 million in the project. The Kativik 
Regional Government will contribute $500,000.

The government funding will be allocated over three years to the Kativik 
Regional Government, the territorial government for Nunavik, to build 
subsea fibre optic backbone infrastructure along the eastern coast of 
Hudson Bay, reaching as far north as Puvirnituq, which would be one of 
the most northerly fibre optic connections in all of Canada. The fibre 
optic infrastructure will initially connect four Nunavik communities, 
enabling residents to have access to high-speed Internet service 
packages on par with those available to Canadians in major cities by 
2020. The funding will also go toward building a backbone network to 
serve Kuujjuaq, the territory’s capital, while also deploying 
state-of-the-art fibre-to-the-home infrastructure in 10 communities.

This investment will help residents of these communities connect with 
family and friends, do business online, participate in distance 
education and take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the 
digital age.

To date, the Government of Canada has invested over $160 million to 
bring high-speed Internet to Quebec’s rural and remote communities under 
Connect to Innovate 
<https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/programs/computer-internet-access/connect-to-innovate.html>.

The Government of Canada’s $500-million Connect to Innovate program is 
investing in building the digital backbone of high-speed Internet 
networks. Backbone networks are the digital highways that move data in 
and out of communities. These highways carry large amounts of data that 
are essential for schools, hospitals, libraries and businesses to 
function in a digital world.


    Quotes

    “Access to high-speed Internet is not a luxury; it’s essential.
    High-speed Internet service is a basic tool that all Canadians
    should have access to, regardless of where they live. Our
    communities need this service to do business, upgrade their
    education and build stronger communities. Thanks to our Connect to
    Innovate program, more people will be able to participate fully in
    the digital economy and have access to middle-class jobs.”

    – The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and
    Economic Development

    “For northern Quebec communities, digital investment through the
    Connect to Innovate program enhances opportunities for residents of
    all ages. This important investment will support students and youth
    in learning and residents in day-to-day life with connected devices.
    It will also support businesses and institutions by giving them the
    technological tools they need to succeed in the digital economy.
    It’s all part of our government’s plan to help create opportunity in
    all communities, including remote communities in the North.

    – Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Person with
    Disabilities

    “We are proud to support this important project by the Kativik
    Regional Government that will enable more households and businesses
    to connect, thereby contributing to Nunavik’s economic growth and
    the vitality of the Nord‑du‑Québec region. Just like electricity was
    a driving force in the 20th century, access to broadband Internet is
    today a powerful driver of digital and socio-economic development.
    That is why our government, in the Quebec Digital Strategy, set
    itself this target: 100 percent of Quebec residents having access to
    broadband networks within the next five years.”

    – Dominique Anglade, Deputy Premier of Quebec, Minister of Economy,
    Science and Innovation, and Minister responsible for the Digital
    Strategy

    “Thanks to financial support for the Société du Plan Nord, our
    government is able to support this digital infrastructure project in
    Nunavik, which will contribute to integrated and coherent
    development in the region covered by the Plan Nord. We reaffirm our
    commitment to seizing the opportunities presented by digital
    transformation of the economy—not only by supporting this project
    but also by focusing, through the Digital Strategy, on
    high-performing, modern infrastructure throughout Quebec.”

    – Jean Boucher, Member of the National Assembly for Ungava and
    Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks

    “The Tamaani Internet phase 5 project, associated with the Connect
    to Innovate program, will lead to faster and greater Internet
    services for residential, business and government users, allowing
    for increased education, skills development and job opportunities.
    It will also improve videoconferencing, bringing us closer together.
    The Government of Canada, through the Connect to Innovate program,
    and the Government of Quebec, through the Société du Plan Nord, are
    helping us to reduce the gap between the north and the south in
    terms of Internet services and to further develop Nunavik’s economy
    and human capital.”

    – Jennifer Munick, Chairperson, Kativik Regional Government


    Quick facts

  * The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec will each
    provide funding of $62.6 million for the project, and the Kativik
    Regional Government is contributing $500,000.
  * Connect to Innovate is one of several Government of Canada measures
    to improve telecommunications services for Canadians. Others are a
    $100-million investment to improve coverage and connectivity in
    rural areas with low-earth-orbit satellites; Connecting Families
    <http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/111.nsf/eng/home>, an initiative that
    will provide many low-income Canadians with low-cost Internet and up
    to 50,000 computers to eligible households through the Computer for
    Schools
    <https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cfs-ope.nsf/eng/home> program; a
    five-year plan for wireless spectrum release to promote competition
    and help drive down prices for Canadians and to deliver better
    quality and coverage; and consultations to prepare Canada for 5G,
    the next generation of high-quality wireless systems that will
    enable e-health, connected cars and smart cities.
  * Connect to Innovate is part of the Government of Canada’s Innovation
    and Skills Plan <http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/062.nsf/eng/home>, a
    multi-year strategy to create well-paying jobs for the middle class.
  * The Quebec Digital Strategy is a social project that aims to bring
    together the government’s various actions in accelerating the
    development of a true digital culture in all regions.
  * To provide needed impetus for the Quebec Digital Strategy, the
    government took additional actions in November 2017 when it updated
    the March 2017 Quebec Economic Plan. These include the announcement
    of $300 million in support over six years to carry out initiatives
    aimed at ensuring access to high-speed networks in every region of
    Quebec.

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