{"id":7056,"date":"2020-04-18T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/resources\/internet-essential-service\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:33:14","slug":"internet-essential-service","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/resources\/internet-essential-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet is an Essential Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">The need for expanding the Federal Government\u2019s Connecting Families to ALL low-income people is greater than ever! Governments \u2013 federal and provincial \u2013 have called for social\/physical distancing during the ongoing health emergency due to COVID-19 but that requires access to the internet for anything and everything anyone can imagine. However, the reality is that not all Canadians can afford the internet.\u00a0<\/span>The issue of digital divide cannot be overemphasized, especially during a pandemic like this, as internet becomes a lifeline for most people.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Through this resource, ACORN Canada calls on the government and CRTC to take some urgent actions to address barriers to digital equity, especially during COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><em>Posted on April 21, 2020<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"campaigns":[61],"print_type":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/7056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=7056"},{"taxonomy":"print_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/print_type?post=7056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}