Home Page Regulatory Telecom Broadcast Court People Archives About Us GET FREE NEWS UPDATES
Advertising Subscribe Reuse & Permissions
The Hill Times Parliament Now The Lobby Monitor HTCareers
Subscribe Login Free Trial
Infrastructure Bank earmarks additional $1B for rural broadband
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna and chair of the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia make an announcement about the infrastructure bank from Sir John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2020./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

Infrastructure Bank earmarks additional $1B for rural broadband

News | October 1, 2020

The Liberal government is doubling the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s funding for broadband projects to $2 billion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday, though he offered no updates on the delayed Universal Broadband Fund.

This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.

Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now.

FREE TRIAL

Two weeks of free access to thewirereport.ca and our exclusive newsletters.

Register for free

* Required

SUBSCRIBE

Unlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters.

Continue

* Required