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Videotron to provide connectivity to six affordable housing units for seniors

Quebecor’s Videotron said Wednesday that it is partnering with the Mission Unitaines to provide connectivity to six new affordable housing units in six cities for independent, low-income Quebecers aged 65 and older. The partnership includes a $300,000 cash donation for development and $200,000 in telecommunications services for the units in Montreal, Levis, Longueuil, Terrebonne, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Granby. The first unit is scheduled to be open in 2026. Videotron Business will also provide television service at preferential rates to the units, a press release said. “Adequate, affordable housing is a basic need for many elderly Quebecers,” Quebecor head Pierre Karl Péladeau...