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Local broadband rollouts part of Bell’s accelerated capital investment program driving the growth of Canada’s next-generation broadband network infrastructure

UXBRIDGE, ON, August 31, 2021 – Bell today announced the expansion of pure fibre Internet service to homes and businesses in the community of Uxbridge. Part of Bell’s accelerated capital investment in national next-generation network infrastructure, the expansion program will bring all-fibre broadband access to approximately 3,000 locations in Uxbridge by the end of 2021.

“Bridging the digital divide is a priority for Bell as we advance how Canadians connect with each other and the world,” said Rizwan Jamal, President of Bell Residential and Small Business. “We’re proud to bring our pure fibre connections and world-leading Internet and TV services to households and commercial locations in communities large and small, including Uxbridge as part of our historic network acceleration program.”

Fully funded by Bell, this broadband expansion program to smaller communities will provide fast and high-capacity 100% fibre connections with Internet download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps and access to leading Bell services such as Fibe TV. Earlier this year, Bell announced an additional investment of $1.7 billion in capital over the next 2 years to accelerate the rollout of its broadband fibre, 5G and rural networks and help drive Canada’s recovery from the COVID crisis.

 

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Source: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000779/ontario-to-require-proof-of-vaccination-in-select-settings

Multiple generations of workers have proudly built aircraft at De Havilland for decades. Their passion for their work and pride in the brand is why they must be part of the Dash 8 future production. Watch their stories, in their own words:

 

 

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Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bell-and-telus-ask-federal-court-to-block-quebecor-incs-purchase-of-5g/

Quebecor’s Videotron Ltd. subsidiary spent $830-million to acquire 294 blocks of spectrum – airwaves used to transmit wireless signals – in a federal auction that took place between June 15 and July 23.

The airwaves, which are in the 3,500-megahertz range, are considered beachfront property for 5G because they combine capacity – the ability to carry large amounts of data – with coverage, or the ability to travel long distances. The fifth generation of wireless services provides much faster speeds and less lag time than previous generations and promises to power emerging technologies such as smart cities and remote surgeries.

Canadians need a reality check on Quebecor’s wireless ambitions

For the auction in June and July, in a bid to encourage greater competition in the wireless market, Ottawa set aside up to 50 megahertz of spectrum for smaller carriers in each of several areas where enough licenses were available. Videotron, which offers telecom services in Quebec and Ontario, was permitted to bid on the set-aside spectrum, allowing it to purchase the highly coveted airwaves at lower prices than what the three national carriers – BCE’s Bell Canada, Telus and Rogers Communications Inc. – paid for similar slices.

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PICTON —Revera plans to cut long-term care jobs at Hallowell House in Picton, Ontario during the fourth wave of COVID-19.

“Clearly Revera has learned nothing during this pandemic,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “Revera is determined to maintain skeleton staff levels to care for residents as it continues its profit over people business model.”

The union was notified weeks ago that new schedules would be implemented that reduced the number of full-time PSW’s and RPN’s. The announced staff reduction comes following a provincial mandate to reduce occupancy in wardrooms from four to two, resulting in a reduction in the total number of residents.

The union has countered with solutions to avoid layoffs but the employer has yet to officially respond, though they have delayed the reductions for four weeks past the August 27^th implementation plan.

“All long-term care facilities are currently experiencing severe staff shortages,” said Unifor Local 8300 President Kathleen Brooks. “Rather than improving care for residents and working conditions for employees Revera is using this new occupancy mandate, designed to provide better care for vulnerable seniors, as an opportunity to slash full-time jobs.”

This week Hallowell House workers began a daily information picket from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., braving extreme heat to notify the community of the impending job cuts. Katha Fortier, Assistant to the Unifor National President will join workers on the line today at 3 p.m. and is available for media interviews.

“The workers are fighting for residents and for themselves. The public and the families need to know these job cuts will mean less care for residents than they currently have,” said Brooks. “This is not the time for Revera to remove trained staff.”

“It’s a known fact that there is a shortage of trained long-term care workers combined with a severe retention issue but Revera is throwing these COVID-heroes to the curb so it can keep up payments to shareholders,” said Dias. “This illustrates the need for Ontario to accelerate the standard of four hours of daily care per resident scheduled to take effect by 2025 so that these for-profit homes will have to maintain proper staffing levels.”

Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector and represents 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.