Quebec election: PQ pitches $240-million internet access plan

Faced with the task of spreading internet access across Quebec’s sprawling landmass, Jean-François Lisée sees a multi-billion dollar opportunity.
The PQ leader said Saturday his government would not offer telecommunications firms a cent of public money to build a province-wide, high-speed Internet network.
Instead, Lisée says, the PQ would invest $240 million in a partnership with the province’s largest internet service providers and Hydro-Québec. Taxpayer