Canadian provinces are taking criticism for reporting that they have 100 per cent broadband access.

“This is outrageous, that public officials are going around saying that any area has 100 per cent or 95 per cent access,” David Ellis, a digital strategy consultant and course director at York University’s communications studies department, told The Wire Report.

“I have a Cartier boutique right in my building, but that doesn’t mean I buy my watches there. Their watches start at $10,000 a piece. I can’t afford their watches.” 

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