1. “Building the Business Case” Ontario FN Technical Services Conference Sault Ste. Marie, August 25 th 2009 Ontario federal, provincial, private and FN Connectivity and E-services Opportunities and Challenges

2. Context INAC, INFC, IC and province moving out quickly on rural and FN connectivity programming (applications due in fall 2009) Other provinces developing federal, provincial and FN connectivity working groups to plan, coordinate and leverage both: –Broadband connectivity infrastructure –Monthly operating and support Ontario FN communities should begin preparation to develop fully costed and sustainable business case proposals.

3. Broadband Connectivity Program Developments Provincial –Ministry of Agricultural –Ministry of Northern development –Ministry of Government Services Federal –CRTC –Industry Canada –FedNor –Infrastructure Canada –Finance’s P3 Inc. –INAC FN Infrastructure Program Private Sector –Bell Aliant, others etc…

4. Regional FN Connectivity and E-services Partnership Business case(s) Infrastructure Requirement and Costs Analysis Monthly Broadband Bandwidth Costs Annual Infrastructure Maintenance Community IT and IM systems support –i.e. systems: FNITP, ICMS, IRS, EcDev, Education… Community Broadband Revenue Potential –Institutional (Schools, Band office, Water…) –Residential Current Community Digital Expenditure Analysis