Promoting the Gig Project!

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If you want to help get attention for improved broadband in our area - these speaking points are for you!

  1. "I am calling to ask if you will actively support EORN's Gig project to bring up to 1 Gig (1,000 Megabits of speed) to residents and businesses in my municipality.

  2. Municipalities across eastern Ontario, including mine, believe the Gig project represents the best solution that will solve our broadband problem long into the future.

  3. Both the federal and provincial governments have together now committed almost $7 billion to broadband. The money is there for the Gig project.

  4. All EORN is seeking is $200 million from each government for this $1.2 billion public-private partnership project. That represents just 5. 7% of all federal and provincial funding that is available.

  5. Eastern Ontario has about 30% of all the underserved or un-served households in Ontario that currently cannot even get the minimum CRTC standard of 50 Megabits down and 10 Megabits up of speed.

  6. EORN commissioned two independent economic studies on the Gig Project.

  7. Both identified the potential for major economic benefits to the whole region. Things like:

    • Upwards of 16,000+new jobs during construction

    • $450 m to $730 min employment income that will fuel economic growth

    • Reductions of $175 m+ in the delivery of health care services

    • New tax revenues to both senior governments of some $560 m

  8. It is a true economic development project for us all

  9. An EORN lead project would be delivered in a timely and efficient manner.

  10. EORN knows how to get high leve/5 private sector investment and long-term contracts that bring community benefits beyond just the broadband infrastructure to our residents and businesses.

  11. EORN provided its project proposal almost a year ago to both the federal and provincial governments. It's time to get going on it.

  12. If you won't support the Gig Project, will you commit to ensuring that my residents get at least the same level of broadband services the Gig would have given them?"

You can contact:

 

Minister Monsef
Maryam.Monsef@parl.gc.ca
Ottawa Office
Telephone: 613-995-6411

Constituency Office
417 Bethune St., Suite 4
Peterborough, Ontario
K9H 321
Telephone: 705-745-2108

Minister Scott
laurie.scott@pc.ola.org
Toronto Office
Telephone: 416-327-4412

Constituency Office
14 Lindsay St. N,
Lindsay, Ontario
K9V 1T4
Telephone: 705-324-6654

 
Jennifer Bennett