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With
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland poised to deliver her inaugural budget speech on Monday afternoon, the Star’s Heather Scoffield has a sneak peek of what to expect: an across-the-board extension of “all the main pandemic-support programs until the coming fall,” as well as “a completely new benefit that subsidizes employers for hiring more people, or increasing the hours their employees work.”
In putting together what was once expected to be the first
post-pandemic budget, Freeland “has devoted much of her attention to plotting a long-term recovery strategy for the country, with child-care funding, inclusivity, and environmentally sustainable growth at the centre,” Scoffield notes.
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Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says more construction is starting on broadband internet infrastructure projects which will bring internet access to over 1,200 rural homes and businesses.
It’s part of the ongoing SWIFT project (Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology).
He says the federal and provincial governments have each committed up to $1.8 million with an aim to create more economic and educational opportunities in rural, remote and underserved areas through improved, modern broadband networks.
Construction of the first infrastructure network in Habermehl, Crawford, Mulock, Allan Park and Vickers, is expected to be up and running with service starting in August 2021. This project is valued at $3.8 million.
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Huron County will be more connected as the governments of Canada and Ontario each committed up to $2.4 million to connect more than 1,850 homes and businesses to reliable internet access with the signing of 10 contracts for broadband infrastructure.
Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) has awarded contracts to expand broadband in Huron County to the following Internet Service Providers: Tuckersmith Communications, Hay Communications, Wightman Telecom, and HuronTel.
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Valued at $15,035,338, the County of Huron has committed up to $2.8 million through the SWIFT Plus Program in a bid to connect the region and improve rural internet access for Huron County residents currently in the connectivity gap.
Three more SWIFT projects now underway in Grey-Bruce mitchelladvocate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mitchelladvocate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.