Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest up to $24.7 million to bring high-speed Internet to more than 5000 households - Mirage News

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, unneurotic with Michele Babchuk, Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Island, announced up to $24.7 cardinal successful national and provincial backing to bring high-speed Internet entree to implicit 5,000 households successful agrarian communities successful British Columbia.

As portion of this announcement, $19.5 cardinal successful federal-provincial co-funding was announced to payment 4,000 households successful the pursuing determination districts: Mount Waddington, North Coast, Bulkley-Nechako, qathet, Columbia-Shuswap, and Cowichan Valley. Details connected these projects, including the circumstantial communities to beryllium served, volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

A further $5.2 cardinal successful national and provincial backing volition bring high-speed Internet entree to over 1,100 households connected and astir Vancouver Island done 7 projects with CityWest.

This backing is portion of an existing statement betwixt the governments of Canada and British Columbia. In March 2022, some governments announced a historical partnership to put up to $830 cardinal to link each remaining rural, distant and Indigenous households passim the state to high-speed Internet.

Today’s announcement builds connected the Government of Canada’s advancement toward making definite that 98% of Canadians person entree to high-speed Internet by 2026, and 100% by 2030. The Government of Canada volition proceed to marque investments successful infrastructure to physique beardown communities and a much competitory and resilient Canada for everyone.

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