Indigenous connectivity and federal funding: a priority or hope deferred?

That’s governance for you, making steps towards achievement, but it’s a slow roll some years. What level of concern are Indigenous communities in the priority list?

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is pictured at a Feb. 10 press conference in Ottawa. Promises, like improved high-speed internet access, are made to Indigenous communities quite a lot and there always seem to be issues around delivery on the promises being made, writes Jason Bird.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JASON BIRD

February 17, 2021

In the Sept. 23, 2020, Throne Speech, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to invest $1.75-billion into internet connectivity for all Canadians, with a focus on rural and Indigenous communities as part of that priority. “The prime minister said the government is now on track to connect 98 per c...

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