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Mathieu Nadon discute de la décision du CRTC avec Gisèle Bouvier de l'organisme ACORN.

The CRTC said Internet is a "basic service" that must be provided to rural residents, but it stopped short of mandating affordability.

The CRTC ruled Wednesday, that from now on, access to high-speed internet will be considered an essential service.

Critics say the regulator’s declaration that Internet should be a basic service only addresses access, not affordability.

Everyone in Canada should be able to access high-speed Internet, the country’s telecom regulator has declared, setting bold targets for speeds and establishing a new fund that will invest up to $750-million over five years to expand broadband services to remote regions.

The historic CRTC announcement today was focused in the right direction by declaring broadband a basic service and by recognizing that affordability is a problem. However, the announcement did not include anything about the desperately needed subsidy for urban low income people that ACORN members were hoping to hear.

Lancement national par ACORN du rapport sur les prêts prédateurs

Income inequality is mounting in Canada, making an already inexcusable wealth gulf worse.

Anti-poverty activists want the government to ensure Canada’s big banks serve those most in need so that they aren’t firced to turn to payday-loan companies.

Despite negative image payday loan industry says it's a necessary service for marginalized Canadians