Hundreds of thousands of low-income seniors and families will soon benefit from $20-per-month high-speed internet as part of a partnership between the federal government and more than a dozen internet service providers, CBC News has learned. Under that plan, announced in 2017, families receiving the CCB could get access to internet for $10 a month. "That's a small minority of low-income seniors," Pollack said. "With it only being limited to those seniors receiving the maximum GIS, we're keeping a whole bunch of other seniors on the wrong side of the digital divide." © Stephen Hoff/CBC Marion Pollack, the board president of Vancouver's 411 Seniors Centre Society, says she wants to see affordable high-speed internet access expanded to all low-income seniors, as well as a training program on internet use.

Source: CBC News April 04, 2022 09:39 UTC