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To: lorne who wrote (45932)12/13/1999 8:23:00 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (1) of 116764
 
Wired Canada to cost $5B

<< Canadians could spend up to $5 billion over the next five years to launch the federal government into cyberspace.

Federal officials say the estimated price tag of the Chretien government's pledge to get the government online by 2004 includes the building of new infrastructure and putting the mounds of government information and programs on the Web.

The big cost is getting departments and agencies to use the Internet to re-engineer how they do business. Until now, departments have tended to automate old business practices and paper-based transactions and use the Internet as a way to serve clients like the telephone. Technology offers huge opportunities for new ways to organize programs and offer services. For Canadians with the technology, it means paperless one-stop shopping for all federal, provincial and municipal government services. >>

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Hi Lorne,

Re: I guess If a person is prepared for y2k it can't hurt but if not prepared ????

Yep, you can almost hear Clint Eastwood's voice 'Do ya feel lucky today?'.

< vbg >

John

PS - I know you are quite prepared for Y2K, being on a farm and all.
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