· World
leader in overall connectivity, behind U.S.
· Overall competitiveness of R&D tax credits
· Advanced and innovative telecommunications
infrastructure
· Cost competitive residential and business telephone
costs
· Government initiatives for Canada to be a world leader
in information technology
· Electronic Commerce initiatives focused on seven
"fists"
· All federal services available online by 2005
· Canada’s vision of being the World's fastest, first
all-optical national network CA*net3
· Toronto’s technology cluster is the most advanced in
Canada
· Availability of satellite wireless networks
· ICT sector growth of 2.1% in 2001 creating 12,300 new
jobs in comparison to 2000
· Economic development initiatives to give entrepreneurs
access to capital, markets, information and skills development
· Active and influential venture capitalists community
· Implementation of PKI initiatives
· Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act ( Bill C-6)
· laws protecting the privacy of individuals - Privacy
Act P-21
· Laws to protect intellectual property rights
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· Concerns about privacy
· Concerns about security
· Lack of skilled employees to develop, maintain and use
technology
· Cost of development and maintenance of IT systems can
be relatively high
· Delay of e-Government initiatives (org est. 2004)
· Home internet use rate is beginning to flatten
· Cyber squatting - Domain name concern for the dot ca
domain name
· High levels piracy rates, particularly on Prince Edward
Island
· Talented IT professionals flee south to the U.S. to
fill higher paying jobs and lower tax incentives
· Non-internet users create barriers to e-commerce growth
and development
· Lack of face-to-face interaction for the more
traditional citizens
· Growth of broadband has not reached expected capacity
as it has in South Korea
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