COVID-19 is highlighting Canada’s digital divide. What can we do about it?
How the pandemic is bringing digital rights into sharper focus
Why It Matters
With prohibitive prices and huge gaps in access to the internet, COVID-19 is bringing Canada’s digital divide into sharper focus. The social impact sector is finding it difficult to help the most vulnerable — especially considering that only 34 percent of rural households and 24 percent of Indigenous communities have access to high speed internet.
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