Principals and vice-principals heading back to school next week
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Those fixes deal with some of the barriers but not all of them. The NDP’s Education critic points out a number of locations across the province still don’t have ready access to high-speed Internet.
‘For many people, the cost of high speed internet and devices to access it aren’t in the budget,’ said Claudia Chender in a news release yesterday. ‘Even for families who can afford access, the connection speeds necessary aren’t always available.’
A new report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) shows that rural Canadians still deal with download speeds 10 times slower than those in urban areas. Ahead of a potential second wave of COVID-19, plans should be made to ensure public access to the internet remains available in some way, said Chender.
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