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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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            <td>[GCC-coalition] Opportunity re: upcoming Monsef
              announcement [Get Canada Connected Coalition]</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:17:05 -0600</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Erin Knight <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:erin@openmedia.org"><erin@openmedia.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:get-canada-connected-coalition@googlegroups.com">get-canada-connected-coalition@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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            <td>Erin Knight <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:erin@openmedia.org"><erin@openmedia.org></a></td>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi folks,</span></p>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m reaching out with some quick news updates, and to see who would like to join us in rapid response on the (TBD) day of Maryam Monsef’s Universal Broadband Fund announcement. </span></p>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">News</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Yesterday, CIRA released </span><a
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href="https://www.cira.ca/newsroom/state-internet/new-internet-performance-data-shows-urban-speeds-improving-while-rural"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">new data from their Internet Performance Test</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">—and it’s bad news for folks on the wrong side of the Digital Divide. The gap between rural and urban Internet speeds has seriously worsened during the pandemic, with urban speeds doubling while rural speeds sit pretty much stagnant. You can check out OpenMedia’s Press Release on the report </span><a
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              href="https://openmedia.org/press/item/performance-data-aug2020"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hours later, the CRTC also finally came out and announced the first round of Broadband Fund recipients to connect Canada’s north (applications closed for Round 1 of the $750 million Fund in late 2019, AKA pre-pandemic). While it’s fantastic that thousands of northern households are on their way to faster Internet speeds, there’s more than a few outstanding issues in our eyes. More on that </span><a
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href="https://openmedia.org/press/item/crtc-first-round-of-broadband-fund-to-connect-canadas-north"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">

</span></p>
          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Both developments are pointing right at the massive elephant in the room: where in the world is Maryam Monsef, and what the heck is going on with the $1.7 BILLION Universal Broadband Fund announcement that was due weeks ago?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(If you have insider info on these burning questions, PLEASE spill </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(77,81,86);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">😩.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Just kidding...unless..?)</span></p>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rapid Response</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: When Monsef finally makes her move, we want to be ready for it. Would you be interested in collaborating with the GCC on that early response? If so, the coalition would love to hear from you:</span></p>
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            <li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you planning to put out a press release/social media post the day of the announcement?</span></p></li>
            <li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you have anything currently on the go that GCC members can support with?</span></p></li>
            <li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you have any ideas for how the GCC can keep applying pressure to Monsef and the government?</span></p></li>
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          <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"
            dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NB: OpenMedia is planning to livestream on Facebook the day of the announcement, offering our first take. Would you be interested in joining us to weigh in? Let us know!

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                Digital Rights Campaigner, OpenMedia<br>
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