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Canada's Community Access Program (CAP) gives Canadians
affordable access to the Internet in places like schools, community centres
and libraries. It provides access to those people who might not have computers
or Internet access in their homes or workplaces.
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Established in 2000, the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional CAP
Network (CCRN) is made of sixty four CAP sites located in the Coast/Cariboo
Chilcotin/Prince George region of British Columbia. The goal of the federal government’s Government on Line initiative is to “Use
information and communication technology to provide Canadians with enhanced
access to improved citizen-centred, integrated services, anytime, anywhere and
in the official language of their choice.”
The Network’s 64 CAP sites fulfill this mandate, as without it a large
number of older Canadians, Canadians with low income or low education,
Francophones, and First Nations people and Youth who live in rural and remote
communities would be left without public access to the internet or government
services. Of particular note is twenty-eight of the Cariboo Chilcotin Network’s
sites are located in first nations communities
The Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Network's goal is to
diversify and strengthen rural economies by ensuring access to access to
on-line government services, skills building and training opportunities. The
CCRN regional CAP network will promote public awareness of the benefits and
opportunities of using information technology including New Media.
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