{"id":12460,"date":"2019-01-16T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=12460"},"modified":"2019-03-18T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:14:57","slug":"toward-a-rural-broadband-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=12460","title":{"rendered":"Toward a rural broadband strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Monday's changes to Cabinet (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DdK7AI\" target=\"_blank\">Monday&#8217;s changes to Cabinet<\/a>, Prime Minister Trudeau named Bernadette Jordan as Minister of Rural Economic Development. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>As Minister of Rural Economic Development, Minister Jordan will oversee the creation of a rural development strategy to spur economic growth and create good, middle class jobs in rural Canada. She will also take action to bring high-speed internet to more rural households and businesses &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So now, we have yet another Minister and department that will &#8220;take action to bring high-speed internet to more rural households and businesses&#8221;, presumably supplementing the actions being taken by the CRTC and other agencies at federal, provincial and regional levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most significant findings of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Auditor General's report last fall (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KvOPvT\" target=\"_blank\">Auditor General&#8217;s report last fall<\/a> was the lack of a comprehensive strategy. The Auditor General&#8217;s report indicates that Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) agreed with <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2Cokg7G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"its recommendation (opens in a new tab)\">its recommendation<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>1.37 <strong>Recommendation.<\/strong>\u00a0Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada should develop a strategy that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>defines the minimum level of reliable and high-quality Internet service to be made available to Canadians;<\/li>\n<li>sets clear timelines for achieving this level of service;<\/li>\n<li>estimates proper resourcing, including financial and technical resources, as well as analysis of technologies and preferred options for improving broadband deployment cost-effectively; and<\/li>\n<li>monitors whether the improved access leads to the adoption of those Internet services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Department\u2019s response. <\/strong>Agreed. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada will develop a strategy, particularly in light of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission\u2019s decision in December 2016 declaring broadband as a basic service; and<\/li>\n<li>the June 2018 announcement in which the government committed to reviewing Canada\u2019s communications legislation, including the legislative tools needed to promote universal access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada already has comprehensive work under way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Auditor General also found  that ISED did not implement its broadband improvement  program in a way that ensured the maximum broadband expansion for the public money spent. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The &quot;Connectivity Funding&quot; section of the Auditor General's report (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2CryZyH\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8220;Connectivity Funding&#8221; section of the Auditor General&#8217;s report<\/a> has important information that is relevant to the implementation of broadband subsidy programs, including the CRTC. <\/p>\n<p>As a new department of rural economic development arrives on the scene, expected to  &#8220;take action to bring high-speed internet to more rural households and businesses&#8221;, will we first see the kind of comprehensive strategy sought by the Auditor General? Will that strategy be primed by ISED or the new department?<\/p>\n<p>How will we ensure &#8220;the maximum broadband expansion for the public money spent&#8221;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among Monday&#8217;s changes to Cabinet, Prime Minister Trudeau named Bernadette Jordan as Minister of Rural Economic Development. As Minister of Rural Economic Development, Minister Jordan will oversee the creation of a rural development strategy to spur economic growth and create good, middle class jobs in rural Canada. She will also take action to bring high-speed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=12460\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toward a rural broadband strategy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toward a rural broadband strategy &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Among Monday&#039;s changes to Cabinet, Prime Minister Trudeau named Bernadette Jordan as Minister of Rural Economic Development. 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