{"id":35773,"date":"2021-01-29T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=35773"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:07:49","slug":"internet-accessibility-in-the-pontiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/internet-accessibility-in-the-pontiac\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet accessibility in the Pontiac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MNA for Rouyn-Noranda-T\u00e9miscamingue and responsible for Qu\u00e9bec solidaire in the area of regional development, \u00c9milise Lessard-Therrien, discussed her party\u2019s idea of creating a crown corporation in order to connect Quebecers who do not have access to high-speed Internet, as is the case in several places in the Pontiac. Qu\u00e9bec solidaire describes their solution as a \u201cremedy\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"spip\"><p>\"This is a first billion dollar investment. What we want is a company that can complete the network. The Internet is an essential service. This is not a new idea, it is a model that works in Saskatchewan, \u201dsays the member for Rouyn-Noranda-T\u00e9miscamingue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The MNA for Pontiac, Andr\u00e9 Fortin, is also faced with the reality of the lack of accessibility of the Internet network in the Pontiac, some members of his staff having the same difficulties in carrying out telework. He believes that the projects that are currently underway as well as the programs that will soon be available could bear fruit in the coming years.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-35773-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Clip-Andre-Fortin-Internet.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Clip-Andre-Fortin-Internet.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Clip-Andre-Fortin-Internet.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The full interview with the MNA for Pontiac Andre Fortin is available below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MNA for Rouyn-Noranda-T\u00e9miscamingue and responsible for Qu\u00e9bec solidaire in the area of regional development, \u00c9milise Lessard-Therrien, discussed her party\u2019s idea of creating a crown corporation in order to connect Quebecers who do not have access to high-speed Internet, as is the case in several places in the Pontiac. Qu\u00e9bec solidaire describes their solution as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":35171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,225],"tags":[4305,5544,3778,5543],"radio":[239],"origine":[274,258,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35773"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=35773"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=35773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}