$16 million For Hi-Speed Connectivity

The Minister of Citizens’ Services, Jinny Sims, used the Wood Innovation and Design Centre as the backdrop to announce $16 million for a program to improve high-speed connectivity to rural and remote regions of the province. 

The first intake is on July 1st, applications will be accepted for projects that will deliver last-mile connections to rural and remote homes and businesses. Last-mile projects are the final connections for homes, businesses and other institutions to a high-speed network.

There will be a second intake on September 1st, this same funding will be available for the next intake period for projects that provide transport fibre lines delivering connectivity to entire regions.

In her address, the minister likened high-speed internet to the railway in improving access to rural and remote regions.