Remote Inuit communities in Quebec to benefit from first-time access to high-speed Internet

KUUJJUAQ, QC – All of Nunavik's 14 Inuit communities as well as 28 institutions in Quebec will soon receive access to high-speed or faster Internet through a $125.2 million investment led by Federal Government’s rural broadband program Connect to Innovate.The Federal Government, 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, says Wednesday’s announcement made by Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Persons with...