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Finance committee  If a fibre optic link was brought into Iqaluit, and as you said, it's the biggest user. It would free up the satellite broadband for all the other smaller communities, so it would benefit all of Nunavut. We are looking at that option too. We talked to the smaller communities to l

April 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Joe Savikataaq

Finance committee  There is access to it, but it's very limited. For example, in Iqaluit they have MRI and they can use it, but the results are sent down south to be analyzed. They can only upload that to send it off to the south at night when no one is using the Internet because there are so many

April 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Joe Savikataaq

Finance committee  Thank you. We're currently negotiating with ISED to get the broadband funding that the federal government has made available. We're looking at all options right now, a fibre optic link, and low earth orbit satellites, which are being tested right now. We still need the federal g

April 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Joe Savikataaq

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. First, I'd like to thank you for inviting me to have the privilege of addressing you. We're here to discuss issues that are important to Nunavut. There are many issues, and they're big and they're complex. Nunavut is a unique territory in terms of it not be

April 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Joe Savikataaq