Creating opportunity in the pandemic recovery through digital infrastructure

Canada needs to make access to digital infrastructure a national priority and explore novel ways to finance digital infrastructure development and ongoing upgrades.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seen via video conference at a June 2 media availability in Ottawa. A majority of leaders surveyed confirmed the pandemic has pushed them to adopt new technologies faster than their original plans, including video conferencing, writes Harry Sharma.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HARRY SHARMA

October 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about major change for a vast majority of knowledge workers. COVID has accelerated the underlying technological transformations shaping how Canadians work, and emphasized the inequalities across regions in our ability to access digital infrastructure. Increased reli...

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