SAINT-DAMIEN, QC – Rural and northern Quebec is next in line to benefit from faster, more reliable high-speed Internet as part of the federal government’s Connecting Canadians program.
Parliamentary Secretary David Lametti, on behalf on behalf of ISED Minister Navdeep Bains, said Friday that the Feds will invest more than $16 million to improve high-speed Internet to more than 2,800 households in 13 rural and remote communities in Quebec.
The companies receiving funding are:
– ELPC (in French only) of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, which will receive $109,000 to improve service for 65 households in Saint-Damien;
– Eeyou Communications Network of the James Bay region, which will receive $8.3 million to improve service for 2,400 households; and
– Naskapi Imuun, Inc. of Kawawachikamach, which will receive $3.1 million from Connecting Canadians, $2 million from Infrastructure Canada and $2.5 million from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada to improve service for 695 households.
All projects will be completed by 2019.
“This investment will benefit the middle class and those working to join it in rural and remote areas in Quebec”, said Lametti, in the news release. “It will help create greater employment and business opportunities, better access to online education and e-health, improved communications and access to media, and increased access to online goods and services.”
