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House Hansard - 216

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 19, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 216 - Jun/19/23
Hon. Gudie Hutchings (Minister of Rural Economic Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/19/23 2:33:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we sit in the House and we listen every day, but I would like to give another history lesson, if you would let me. The previous government had a secretariat for rural economic development, which it axed, by the way. It was this government that put in place the stand-alone department of rural economic development, whose number one issue and mandate is to connect the country from coast to coast to coast with high-speed, affordable Internet, because that is the equalizer. By the way, I was in the member opposite's riding last week and made a $71-million announcement of partnership with the Government of Ontario to connect the riding of Carleton.
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