<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-canada-digital-adoption-program/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-canada-digital-adoption-program/</a><div><p class="gmail-c-article-body__text gmail-text-pr-5" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;font-family:Pratt,Georgia,Palatino,"Book Antiqua","Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Ottawa’s $4-billion program to help small businesses upgrade their digital technology is off to a slow start.</p><p class="gmail-c-article-body__text gmail-text-pr-5" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;font-family:Pratt,Georgia,Palatino,"Book Antiqua","Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) has spent just $131-million on grants and loans in its first year, about 3 per cent of its budget, with some entrepreneurs and business groups saying it is complicated and poorly promoted.</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Glenn McKnight, MA </div><div>Virtual School of Internet Governance </div>Chief Information Officer<div><a href="http://www.virtualsig.org" target="_blank">www.virtualsig.org</a> </div><div><b>YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION </b></div><div><b>Mobile  437-237-4655</b></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>