Windspeaker.com – By Shari Narine – June 23rd, 2021
“Undoubtably, there will be economic opportunities and jobs created because of this and it’s up to the ingenuity and the innovation and the power of partnerships … that will determine which sectors, which opportunities, are unlocked.” — Minister Maryam Monsef
Nearly 3,000 Indigenous households in Ontario’s Kenora district will have access to highspeed Internet no later than the first few months of 2022.
“To have that connectivity is literally priceless,” said Nisaachewan First Nation Chief Lorraine Cobiness.
Chief Cobiness joined ministers Maryam Monsef (rural economic development), Marc Miller (Indigenous Services) and Carolyn Bennett (Crown-Indigenous Relations) Wednesday morning for the virtual announcement. It directs $9.5 million in funding through the $150 million rapid response stream of the federal government’s $1.75 billion Universal Broadband Fund to provide 11 highspeed Internet projects in 17 communities in Ontario.
