Yes. We are designing satellites that will enable what is known as direct-to-device technology, or D2D. This will allow for mobile phone communication directly from a satellite. This will improve telephone connectivity.
As for the Internet, technologies already exist that can be purchased from the U.S. There is also Telesat, which is building sovereign capacity with government support and technologies that the Canadian Space Agency helped develop. This will provide access to high-speed Internet everywhere, not only in the Eastern Townships, but everywhere else in Canada, including the Arctic.
