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Prioritize public funding for digitally underserved areas: report

Briefs | 07/19/2017 3:53 pm EDT

The federal government should focus on funding digital connectivity in rural and remote communities and provide tax incentives to boost private sector infrastructure spending, suggests a new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

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