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            <td>[First Mile] Connect to Innovate: Extension of
              Application Deadline / Brancher pour innover: Prolongation
              de la date limite des demandes</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 3 Feb 2017 08:15:43 -0700</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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            <td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA">FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA</a></td>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">Hi everyone,</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">Some of you may already know this but
          just in case: ISED has extended the deadline for the Connect
          to Innovate program applications to <b>April 20.</b></div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">Rob<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message
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              From: <b class="gmail_sendername">CTI-BPI (IC)</b> <span
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                  href="mailto:ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca" target="_blank">ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca</a>></span><br>
              Date: 2017-02-03 6:48 GMT-07:00<br>
              Subject: Connect to Innovate: Extension of Application
              Deadline / Brancher pour innover: Prolongation de la date
              limite des demandes<br>
              To: <br>
              Cc: "CTI-BPI (IC)" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca" target="_blank">ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca</a>><br>
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                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span
                        lang="FR-CA">Le français suit l’anglais
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                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">To our
                    partners and stakeholders,</p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">I hope
                    this e-mail finds many of you actively working on
                    project applications to the Connect to Innovate
                    program.</p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">I am
                    writing to you today to inform you of an important
                    update in the call for applications for our Connect
                    to Innovate program: the deadline for applications
                    will be extended to
                    <b>April 20, 2017 at Noon Eastern Time. </b></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Over
                    the course of the last few weeks, potential
                    applicants from across the country have requested
                    more time to complete project applications to our
                    program. Since our goal is to ensure that as many
                    rural and remote communities as possible benefit
                    from improved broadband access, we are extending the
                    application period by 5 more than weeks.
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Should
                    you have any questions, our team at the Connecting
                    Canadians branch is available to answer them at this
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca"
                      target="_blank">e-mail address</a> or call <span
                      lang="EN">
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="tel:%28800%29%20328-6189"
                        value="+18003286189" target="_blank">1-800-328-6189</a>.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">We are looking forward to
                    reviewing your applications for projects that will
                    bring transformative change to communities and
                    Canadians.</p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Best
                    regards,</p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Susan
                    Hart</p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Director
                    General, Connecting Canadians Branch</p>
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                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">***</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">À tous nos partenaires et
                      intervenants,</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">J'espère qu'en ce moment, vous êtes
                      nombreux à travailler activement à la rédaction
                      d'une demande de financement de projet dans le
                      cadre du programme Brancher pour innover.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Aujourd'hui, j'aimerais vous informer
                      d'une importante mise à jour concernant les
                      demandes de financement et notre programme
                      Brancher pour innover. La date limite de
                      présentation des demandes sera prolongée jusqu'au
                      <b>20 avril 2017, à midi, heure de l'Est. </b>
                    </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Au cours des dernières semaines, des
                      demandeurs dans l'ensemble du pays ont réclamé
                      plus de temps pour remplir les demandes de projets
                      dans le cadre de notre programme. Puisque nous
                      avons comme objectif de nous assurer que le plus
                      nombre grand possible de collectivités rurales et
                      éloignées profite d'un accès amélioré à la large
                      bande, nous prolongeons la période de demande par
                      plus de cinq semaines.
                    </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Si vous avez des questions, n'hésitez
                      pas à communiquer avec notre équipe de la
                      direction générale d’Un Canada branché en
                    </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:ic.cti-bpi.ic@canada.ca"
                      target="_blank"><span lang="FR-CA">cliquant ici</span></a><span
                      lang="FR-CA"> ou en composant le
                    </span><span lang="FR"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="tel:%28800%29%20328-6189"
                        value="+18003286189" target="_blank">1-800-328-6189</a>.</span><span
                      lang="FR-CA"></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Nous anticipons avec plaisir vos
                      demandes de projets qui susciteront un changement
                      transformateur au sein des collectivités, et ce,
                      pour le bien des Canadiens.
                    </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Cordialement,</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Susan Hart</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span
                      lang="FR-CA">Directrice générale, Direction
                      générale d’Un Canada branché</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></p>
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                  Phone: 780-248-1110<br>
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                    target="_blank">rob.mcmahon@ualberta.ca</a> <br>
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