Canadian Broadband For All: Silence and spin, so far

READERS MIGHT HAVE sensed with my column Thursday that I am taking the issue of getting broadband to low-income families very seriously. I called the fact that we have nothing in Canada to help the poor get broadband in their homes embarrassing, especially when compared to the ambitious and comprehensive Connect 2 Compete program that was launched in the United States this week by the Federal Communications Commission, numerous cable companies and other firms. Then, reporter Peter Nowak reports today that Canada is the ONLY country in the G8 with no assistance available for low income households to get broadband....