Canada’s future depends on connectivity

Once you cut through the rhetoric and focus on the facts, it is clear that the only form of competition that can deliver the right balance of network quality and coverage as well as affordable prices is facilities-based competition.

Among the lessons learned, the pandemic has fostered a greater appreciation for the fixed and wireless broadband networks that allowed Canadians to stay connected, conduct business, learn remotely, and receive critical services, writes Robert Ghiz. Unsplash photograph by Avi Richards

Opinion

BY ROBERT GHIZ

June 16, 2021

As Canada begins to emerge from the third, and hopefully last, wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many lessons that have been learned over the past year and half. Among these lessons, the pandemic has fostered a greater appreciation for the fixed and wireless broadband networks that allowed Ca...

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