Canada CAP News - Nouvelles sur CACI

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This page was developed and originally hosted by Halifax Regional CAP  
It is currently (summer 2007) being revised by Telecommunities Canada.

Statement of Purpose

This site is supported and updated by TeleCommunities Canada to provide current information and resources in relation to Community Access Program funding. This site provides the CAP community with news and resources to advocate for the continuation this program.

For more information concerning CAP in your area or other TeleCommunies Canada initiatives see links below:

• Alberta : email to Stephen Soucy
• British Columbia : Pacific Community Networks Association or email to Bev Collins
• Manitoba : email to Clarice Leader
• New Brunswick :
• Newfoundland & Labrador :
• Northwest Territories :
• Nova Scotia : Halifax Regional CAP Association or email to coordinator@hrca.ns.ca
• Nunavut : nu.e-association.ca or email to Darlene Thompson
• Ontario : email to Peter Frampton
• Prince Edward Island :
• Québec : www.communautique.qc.ca or email to adjointe@communautique.qc.ca
• Saskatchewen : Thickwood Hills Business Learning Centres email to Marie Prebushewski
• Yukon Territory: Pacific Community Networks Association or email Alastair Smith

Funding News and Resources

• CAP Funding News
  • Federal CAP Home Page
  • Industry Canada News Release: June 06, 2007: Canada's New Government Ensures Support for the Community Access Program.
  • British Columbia and Yukon - Oct 23 Federal Budget Short-Circuits Communities Service Providers in Rural and Remote Communities Speak Out
  • Halifax - Oct 18 2006 Canada overboard: bottom-trawling for bad politics
  • Ottawa - Industry Canada News Release October 12-13 2006: Minister Maxime Bernier Issues Statement on the Status of the Community Access Program
  • Newfoundland & Labrador - Oct 12 Reinstate Funding for the Community Access Program - NL Minister
  • Labrador City - Oct 10 Labrador communities fear losing net connection
  • Nunavut - Oct 5 CBC Radio North's coverage of Industry Canada's Funding cuts to CAP
  • Powell River - Oct 4 Funding cuts increase 'digital divide'
• Advocacy Resources
  • This is a sample letter to Minister Bernier: MSWord [31KB] His email address is Bernier.M@parl.gc.ca
  • Funding News (via Halifax HRC@P)
  • Advocacy Primer Canadian Conference of the Arts (PDF format)
  • Peter Frampton's presentation (PDF format) to Alternative Telecommunications Policy Forum as a panel member of session entitled "Digital Opportunities for Whom? Creating ICT programs for Canadian communities"
  • David Murdoch's presentation (PDF format) called "A Case for Continued Funding for Community Access Program" to NDP Roundtable before Judy Wasylycia-Leis, MP for Winnipeg-North and the NDP's Finance Critic; and NDP's Critic for Post Secondary Education and Literacy, Denise Savoie, MP for Victoria.

Objectifs

Ce site est une initiative des membres de TéléCommunautés Canada. Son objectif est de rendre disponibles les informations les plus récentes concernant les Programmes d'accès communautaire (PAC) et les détails sur le financement des programmes des Centres d'accès communautaires Internet (CACI) par Industrie Canada.

Pour obtenir plus d'information concernant le programme PAC et les initiatives provinciales ou territoriales voir les liens ci-bas . Pour d'autre informatons sur TéléCommunautés Canada

• Alberta : courriel à Stephen Soucy
• Colombie-Britannique : Pacific Community Networks Association courriel à Bev Collins
• Manitoba : courriel à Clarice Leader
• Nouveau-Brunswick :
• Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador :
• Territoires du Nord-Ouest :
• Nouvelle-Écosse : Halifax Regional CAP Associationcourriel à coordinator@hrca.ns.ca
• Nunavut : nu.e-association.ca courriel à Darlene Thompson
• Ontario : courriel à Peter Frampton
• Île-du-Prince-Édouard :
• Québec : www.communautique.qc.cacourriel à adjointe@communautique.qc.ca
• Saskatchewen : Thickwood Hills Business Learning Centrescourriel à Marie Prebushewski
• Terroitoire du Yukon: Pacific Community Networks Associationcourriel à Alastair Smith

Les nouvelles : revue de presse, communiqué de presse etc.

• Nouvelles du financement du programme PAC
  • S.v.p. voir "Funding News and Resources".
• Campagne courriel pour la suite du PAC : lettre types
  • S.v.p. voir "Advocacy Resources, sample letter".