Bell Canada announced last year that its spending $1.1 billion in Toronto, and has just announced $50 million in Sarnia and $45 million in Windsor. You'll notice the similarities, in that they're spending in high-density urban areas. In fact, even within the boundary of the city of Sarnia there are rural areas, and they're not putting fibre into the homes in those areas. It really goes right back to the return on investment. Here, I think there is a role for government to provide incentive for them to build in areas where they don't have a business case because they are responsible to their shareholders and not to the community.
On February 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.