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‘We did not cut it’: Scott defends broadband fund speed target to MPs

Briefs | 02/21/2019 3:44 pm EST
CRTC chairman Ian Scott appearing at a committee hearing. /Photo via Parlvu.

CRTC Chairman Ian Scott defended the eligibility speeds for the commission’s new $750 million rural broadband fund at a parliamentary hearing Thursday, where he faced criticism from an Opposition MP that accused the commission of lowering its standards.

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