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Industry committee Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for this opportunity to present Cogeco's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cogeco is a communications company headquartered in Montreal that provides video, Internet and telephony services in Canada and the Uni
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee Good evening. That's a good question. Our main activity is to invest in the regions. Obviously, the population density is lower there than in urban areas. We are committed to investing in the regions. The farther away you go from major centres, the more you find regions that ar
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee Thank you for your question. In fact, our view on subsidy programs is that there needs to be flexibility so that the infrastructure can be adapted to the needs of the region. In some regions, there is a need to develop transport infrastructure, and in other regions, there is a n
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee It is important to connect as many people as possible, but the costs must be considered. People often say that 95% coverage can be achieved at a reasonable cost, but when it comes to the other 5%, it takes a mix of technologies, such as fixed wireless access. For the other 2%, it
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee Yes, if that company has the expertise and can do it at a good cost.
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee We believe in working with local groups and municipalities, and that's what we do. We also work with federations of municipalities. I think that's part of the criteria. In fact, the CRTC has included it in its program.
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee It's the permits. We are waiting for permits for about 50 projects. For some of them, it's been two years.
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee We do not have a mobile service. I think the question was on mobile.
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee We are in both Quebec and Ontario, and we've been working with both provincial governments. I would say that in the last year Quebec has been more proactive in launching their program without waiting for the federal government. Given that there was a delay, they decided to go ahe
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie
Industry committee On the Cogeco side—
May 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Marie-Hélène Labrie