Future Proof: - Connecting Post-Pandemic Canada

She is included positions as head of policy in the Office a full professor in the Department of Mathematics of the Prime Minister, and Special Advisor to the and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Secretary-General of the Organization for Montréal and a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T. [...] In addition, she is a member that assess the science relevant to issues of public of the Commission de l’éthique en science et en importance. Peter Nicholson is a member of both technologie (CEST) du Québec and a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova the Board of Directors of the Fonds de recherche Scotia. [...] The COVID-19 pandemic, by forcing much of the working world online, demonstrated the everyday potential of digital connectivity and underlined the necessity of equitable access to the capability. [...] Principal continuing areas of contention relate to the price of mobile service, the price and terms of access by smaller competitors to incumbents’ connectivity infrastructure, and the provision of set-asides of wireless spectrum to support competition in certain market areas. [...] The implementation and application of 5G wireless—a general purpose technology that will be at the heart of the data-driven economy and society—is too important for Canada to be stymied by a lack of sufficient incentives to overcome the reluctance of the private sector to make the necessary early commitments on both the supply and demand sides.