Forum › Forum › Questions for candidates / Questions pour les candidat·e·s › The digital divides in Canada are unsettling. These inequities impact many of our citizens. Our social and economic development suffer because of this. Ignoring this issue is reckless. What would you do to democratize Canada’s internet? › Reply To: The digital divides in Canada are unsettling. These inequities impact many of our citizens. Our social and economic development suffer because of this. Ignoring this issue is reckless. What would you do to democratize Canada’s internet?
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I’ve seen, as a member and now co-chair for the Community Investment Program, the work that CIRA does in this space – looking for the spaces in Canada where broadband is still not a thing – that’s where CIRA puts the focus of the granting program. I agree with that program and iwhs CIRA could fund more of the applicants with their projects.