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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Good news for remote
Inuit communities</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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<td>KRG building fibre network to serve remote communities -
YES!!!</td>
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<td>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:04:10 -0300</td>
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<td>Brian Beaton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian.beaton@KNET.CA"><brian.beaton@KNET.CA></a></td>
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<td>Brian Beaton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian.beaton@KNET.CA"><brian.beaton@KNET.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>FYI .. WOW .. KRG accessing $125M to build subsea connections
to remote Inuit communities and Fibre-to-the-home connections
and .. [smiles] .. So very exciting!! </div>
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<div>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] ..</div>
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<div>ISED News release ..</div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Remote Inuit
communities will benefit from first-time access to modern
high-speed Internet</h2>
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text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nunavik
residents to get new or faster Internet access thanks to
investments from governments of Canada and Quebec</b></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
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text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">August
22, 2018</b> – Kuujjuaq, Quebec</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
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text-align: justify;">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.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;
outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-align: justify;">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.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
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text-align: justify;">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.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
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outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-align: justify;">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.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;
outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-align: justify;">To date, the Government of Canada has
invested over $160 million to bring high-speed Internet to
Quebec’s rural and remote communities under <a
href="https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/programs/computer-internet-access/connect-to-innovate.html"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(233, 102, 86);
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initial;" moz-do-not-send="true">Connect to Innovate</a>.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;
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text-align: justify;">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.</p>
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font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">“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.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style:
inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; text-align: justify;">– The Honourable Navdeep
Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic
Development</p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;
font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">“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.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style:
inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; text-align: justify;">– Stéphane Lauzon,
Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Person with
Disabilities</p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;
font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">“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.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style:
inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; text-align: justify;">– Dominique Anglade,
Deputy Premier of Quebec, Minister of Economy, Science and
Innovation, and Minister responsible for the Digital
Strategy</p>
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<blockquote data-emptytext="Blockquote" style="box-sizing:
border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 24px 40px; font-size:
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;
font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">“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.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style:
inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; text-align: justify;">– Jean Boucher, Member of
the National Assembly for Ungava and Parliamentary
Assistant to the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote data-emptytext="Blockquote" style="box-sizing:
border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 24px 40px; font-size:
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;
font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">“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.”</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style:
inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; text-align: justify;">– Jennifer Munick,
Chairperson, Kativik Regional Government</p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family:
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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</li>
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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">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; <a
href="http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/111.nsf/eng/home"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(233, 102, 86);
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inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
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700ms ease 0s; -webkit-transition: all 700ms ease 0s;
background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial
initial;" moz-do-not-send="true">Connecting Families</a>,
an initiative that will provide many low-income Canadians
with low-cost Internet and up to 50,000 computers to
eligible households through the <a
href="https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cfs-ope.nsf/eng/home"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(233, 102, 86);
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inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
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700ms ease 0s; -webkit-transition: all 700ms ease 0s;
background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial
initial;" moz-do-not-send="true">Computer for Schools</a> 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.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family:
inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Connect to
Innovate is part of the Government of Canada’s <a
href="http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/062.nsf/eng/home"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(233, 102, 86);
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inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all
700ms ease 0s; -webkit-transition: all 700ms ease 0s;
background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial
initial;" moz-do-not-send="true">Innovation and Skills
Plan</a>, a multi-year strategy to create well-paying
jobs for the middle class.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family:
inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family:
inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px;
padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</li>
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