1	ONTARIO SMART FAIR March 18, 2021 Industry Canada
2	Connecting Canadians Have We Reached Our Goal
3	Why Do We Need To Reach This Goal From Novelty to Necessity The Stats Canada Journey to an Information report says it this way: �Information and Communications Technologies will be critical to the future competitiveness of rural Canada in the 21^st Century, as technology takes on a new role of networking supply chains, creating expert knowledge systems, and developing new business systems�
4	Lets Look At The Statistics
5	What Will It Take To Get There All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum All I know I learned as a Community Champion At Large by Barrie Crampton
6	Connectivity Infrastructure and Broadband Services With few exceptions its is owned and operated by the private sector If there was money to be made we would all have the broadband connectivity we need. Commonly referred to as having a business case So knowing this what can we community champions do to insure that we have connected communities
7	The Connected Community If we don�t already have the connectivity we need and the most common reasons for the private sector not having a business case is: Our population density is too low We are too remote I guess they both mean the same !
8	So What Is Our Action Plan The Role Of The Community Champion The Role Of Technology and applications as drivers The Role Of The Private Sector The Role Of Local Municipal Government The Role Of The Provincial and Federal Governments
9	More of What Robert Fulghum� Learned Live a balanced life- learn some and think some�..and work every day some Be aware of wonder When you go out into the� world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together
10	What Barrie Learned Lets hold hands and stick together Lets work together and take what we have learned to make Connecting Canadians a realistic and achievable goal And then we can �Take a nap every afternoon�
11	ONTARIO SMART FAIR March 18, 2021 Industry Canada