National Broadband Task Force
The National Broadband Task Force was an initiative of the Government of Canada whose mandate was established in 2001 by the Canadian Minister of Industry,[1] at that time Brian Tobin.
The Task Force was chaired by David Lloyd Johnston, and its report was delivered on June 18, 2001.[2]
Mandate[]
The initiative sought "to map out a strategy for achieving the Government of Canada's goal of ensuring that broadband services are available to businesses and residents in every Canadian community by 2004."[1]
Recommendations[]
The Task Force recommended four overall "priorities" for achieving basic broadband access by 2004:[3]
- Transport Link: "All communities should be linked to national broadband networks via a high-speed, high-capacity and scalable transport link."
- First Nation, Inuit, Rural and Remote Communities: "The priority of the broadband deployment strategy should be to link all First Nation, Inuit, rural and remote communities to national broadband networks".
- Public institutions: "The local broadband access infrastructure should be extended to the community's public facilities, including every public learning institution, public health care facility, public library and other designated public access points."
- Connecting Businesses and Residences: "The local broadband access infrastructure should also be extended to local business and residential users, for example, by leveraging broadband infrastructure serving public facilities."
Membership[]
The membership of the National Broadband Task Force included web-linked members in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador; Ottawa; Sioux Lookout, Ontario; and Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Chair[]
David Lloyd Johnston, president, University of Waterloo
Members[]
- , chief executive officer and vice-chair, (UCNet)
- , president and chief executive officer, Cogeco Inc.
- , superintendent, School District 14, 15 and 16, Miramichi, New Brunswick
- , co-ordinator, K-Net Services, Keewaytinook Okimakanak in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- , president and chief executive officer, CANARIE Inc.
- , president and chief executive officer, Telesat Canada
- Pierre Bouchard, president and chief executive officer, RISQ Inc.,
- , president and chief executive officer, SaskTel
- , president and chief executive officer,
- , president, Inc.
- Darren Entwistle, president and chief executive officer, Telus
- , president,
- John Kelly, principal, Inc.
- , counsel,
- William Linton, president and chief executive officer, Inc.
- Mary Macdonald, president, Ltd.
- Michael MacMillan, chairman and chief executive officer, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
- John McLennan, vice chairman and chief executive officer, AT&T Canada
- David Marshall, vice-chairman, Electronic Commerce, Technology and Operations, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
- , executive director, Information Services and Technology, University of Manitoba
- Wendy Newman, chief executive officer, Brantford Public Library
- , president, Regional Cablesystems Inc.
- Michael Sabia, president, BCE Inc. and vice chairman, Corporate, Bell Canada
- Jim Shaw, chief executive officer, Shaw Communications Inc.
- Gerri Sinclair, president and chief executive officer, NCompass Labs
- Charles Sirois, chairman and chief executive officer, Ltd.
- Carol Stephenson, president and chief executive officer, Lucent Technologies Canada Corp.
- Allister Surette, president and chief executive officer, Collège de l'Acadie
- John Tory, president and chief executive officer, Rogers Cable Inc.
- , president, College of the North Atlantic
- Mamoru Watanabe, emeritus professor of medicine, University of Calgary
- , vice president, IBM.com, Americas
- , president and chief executive officer, Aliant Inc.
Participating associations[]
- Canadian Association of Broadcasters
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Information Technology Association of Canada
References[]
External links[]
- 2001 establishments in Canada
- Canadian commissions and inquiries