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Telus expands Internet for Good program to support people living with disabilities

VANCOUVER and RIMOUSKI, Que. — Telus announced Tuesday it is expanding its Internet for Good program to support people living with disabilities who receive financial disability assistance from the provincial governments in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. The Internet for Good program (known as the Internet for the Future program in Quebec) currently provides high-speed broadband Internet at home for only $9.95 per month ($10/month in Quebec) to families receiving the Canada Child Benefit from the federal government. In order to help more Canadians, Telus has expanded the program’s eligibility to also include more than 110,000 British Columbians and 69,000...