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Committee sets deadline for ISED reports on rural connectivity concerns

News | 04/12/2019 4:45 pm EDT
The late auditor general Michael Ferguson, seen here in May 29, 2018, released a report critical of ISED last fall./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

The House public accounts committee is ordering Innovation Canada to deliver by this summer updates tending to rural connectivity issues outlined in a critical auditor general report, including status on more accurate data maps, strategies to maximize public spending, and progress made on its review of spectrum auctions.

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