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Rural broadband ‘public policy priority’ for CRTC, Scott says

News | 08/12/2020 8:08 pm EDT
CRTC chairman Ian Scott appears alongside other commissioners at a public hearing into sales practices on Oct. 26, 2018. Photo by Andrew Meade.

As the CRTC announced the first recipients of its $750-million rural broadband fund Wednesday, chairman Ian Scott said in an interview that while the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to delays in the funding process, it also made it more “imperative” to make rural broadband a priority. 

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