Local MP Carol Hughes is calling for affordable telecommunications services in northern Ontario communities.
The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing New Democrat is warning that Bell Canada recently announced they were cutting back plans to expand telecommunication services to 200,000 - something she says "demonstrates the failure of Liberal and Conservative telecommunications policy", accusing the other parties of "help[ing] large companies...profit off the backs of everyday Canadians while offering very limited services in many parts of the country".
Hughes is pointing to the NDP's "New Deal for People", which includes a commitment to invest in expanded cell coverage and reliable, affordable broadband internet for every Canadian community.
This does come just days after Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan announced over $2-million in total funding to bring new or improved high-speed Internet access and capacity to Dubreuilville, Brunswick House First Nation, and Red Rock Indian Band, with more than $763,000 of that funding from Bell Canada.