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HAVRE-AUBERT — Closer to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia than anywhere else in Quebec, the Îles-de-la-Madeleine are among the province’s most outlying regions.

So it was fitting that here, on a small archipelago in the Atlantic, isolated from the rest of the province, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard promised to improve digital connections.

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Couillard said Monday that if the Liberals are re-elected on Oct. 1, they’ll ensure high-speed internet and cellular service are available everywhere in the province by 2020.

The plan calls for 100 per cent of Quebecers to have access to high-speed internet within two years, with a minimum download speed of 50 megabits per second, and for 90 per cent of the province to have access to 100-megabits-per-second download speed and 20-megabits-per-second upload speed over the same period.

To do that, Couillard said, the party would name a minister responsible for the regions and their vitality. Accelerating the development of digital infrastructure would be the new minister’s No. 1 priority, he said.