National Broadband Task Force

Mandate

Recommendations

• Transport Link: "All communities should be linked to national broadband networks via a high-speed, high-capacity and scalable transport link."
• First Nation, Inuit, Rural and Remote Communities: "The priority of the broadband deployment strategy should be to link all First Nation, Inuit, rural and remote communities to national broadband networks".
• Public institutions: "The local broadband access infrastructure should be extended to the community's public facilities, including every public learning institution, public health care facility, public library and other designated public access points."
• Connecting Businesses and Residences: "The local broadband access infrastructure should also be extended to local business and residential users, for example, by leveraging broadband infrastructure serving public facilities."

  Membership

Chair

Members

• Vic Allen, chief executive officer and vice-chair, Upper Canada Networks
• Louis Audet, president and chief executive officer, Cogeco Inc.
• Kathy Baldwin, superintendent, School District 14, 15 and 16, Miramichi, New Brunswick
• Brian Beaton, co-ordinator, K-Net Services, Keewaytinook Okimakanak in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
• Andrew Bjerring, president and chief executive officer, CANARIE Inc.
• Larry Boisvert, president and chief executive officer, Telesat Canada
• Pierre Bouchard, president and chief executive officer, RISQ Inc., Quebec Scientific Information Network
• Donald Ching, president and chief executive officer, SaskTel
• Hubert de Pesquidoux, president and chief executive officer, Alcatel Canada
• Denis Dionne, president, Montreal Technovision Inc.
• Darren Entwistle, president and chief executive officer, Telus
• Adamee Itorcheak, president, Nunanet Worldwide Communications
• John Kelly, principal, Reid Eddison Inc.
• Philippa Lawson, counsel, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• William Linton, president and chief executive officer, Call-Net Enterprises Inc.
• Mary Macdonald, president, Macdonald and Associates Ltd.
• Michael MacMillan, chairman and chief executive officer, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
• John McLennan, vice chairman and chief executive officer, AT&T Canada
• David Marshall, vice-chairman, Electronic Commerce, Technology and Operations, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Gerry Miller, executive director, Information Services and Technology, University of Manitoba
• Wendy Newman, chief executive officer, Brantford Public Library
• Brendan Paddick, president, Regional Cablesystems Inc.
• Michael Sabia, president, BCE Inc. and vice chairman, Corporate, Bell Canada
• Jim Shaw, chief executive officer, Shaw Communications Inc.
• Gerri Sinclair, president and chief executive officer, NCompass Labs
• Charles Sirois, chairman and chief executive officer, Telesystem Ltd.
• Carol Stephenson, president and chief executive officer, Lucent Technologies Canada Corp.
• Allister Surette, president and chief executive officer, Collège de l'Acadie
• John Tory, president and chief executive officer, Rogers Cable Inc.
• Pamela Walsh, president, College of the North Atlantic
• Mamoru Watanabe, emeritus professor of medicine, University of Calgary
• John Wetmore, vice president, IBM.com, Americas
• Stephen Wetmore, president and chief executive officer, Aliant Inc.

  Participating associations

• Canadian Association of Broadcasters
• Canadian Association of Internet Providers
• Canadian Cable Television Association
• Canadian School Board Association
• Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
• CATA Alliance
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Information Technology Association of Canada