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"THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY THAT IT CAN
ALLOCATE TO THESE PROGRAMS TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON ITS OWN"
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TORYS LLP
a trunkline and a community that's far away."
In August 2021, ISED announced a $1.44-
billion investment in Telesat's low-earth-orbit
satellite. Telesat Lightspeed will provide
broadband internet,
LTE, and 5G connec-
tivity to 40,000 house-
holds beginning in 2024,
said ISED's announce-
ment. e feds provided
a $790 million repayable
loan and the other $650
million as a preferred-
share equity investment.
Broadband connec-
tion is also critical to another infrastructure
issue coming down the pike, says Nicpon.
e proliferation of autonomous vehicles will
require high-speed internet access wherever
they are driven.
Policy-makers are exploring autono-
mous vehicles as a way to solve the "last-mile
problem," he says. e problem is that transit
systems can get people from downtown
Vancouver to Surrey or Toronto's Union
Station to Burlington. But what they currently
cannot facilitate is getting commuters through
the last leg of their journey, from the station to
their homes.
"Can you help solve the last-mile problem
with an autonomous vehicle solution in the
future? Could you have a fleet of autonomous
vehicles around a transit station that pick up
and deliver people from the station to their
homes to create a seamless transportation
solution from their front doors to their places
of employment?
"at's future thinking," he says, and an
important aspect for transit-system planners
to consider.
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