Canadian municipalities demand federal government do more for rural connectivity

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Rural and remote broadband was back on the agenda at the Parliamentary Industry committee this week. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) used its appearance to call on the federal government to take the next step in ensuring that Canadian consumers and businesses in rural and northern communities have access to the same networks and broadband speeds as those in urban regions of the country. Daniel Rubinstein, a policy analyst at the FCM, told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on March 19 that while programs such as Broadband Canada: Connecting Rural Canadians...