No! They are not expecting everything for free. Why the slant?
500 km of cable is what is being discussed. Including benefits to road building! I can't believe you would think this is somehow a greedy act!
To the FN the internet is a necessary road to the outside world. Let's grant them some access!!
“For Ring of Fire mining development internet services and very high bandwidth will be crucial to facilitate extraction and processing of ore, delivering educational, medical, training, and on-line services to mine and processing facilities, support remote monitoring functions, and very large data flows including environmental and geographic assessments and monitoring. With Ontario Mining Act on-line claim staking potentially coming into effect it will be unfair to our First Nations that someone could stake a claim online to land in our backyard from other parts of the world before we can.”
— Chief Bruce Achneepineskum, Marten Falls First Nation
Some background on this subject from FN point of view:
http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVvx6WtxXRi0A9HInnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyN2c4aW5jBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM4BHZ0aWQDQjI2MDhfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1474087675/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.matawa.on.ca%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2016%2f03%2f21-03-2016-MR-Matawa-FNs-Demand-Full-Support-for-Broadband-Connectivity.pdf/RK=0/RS=hxqCfEa_7So7RE_nWRA7o.CtiLQ-
http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/568/450
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/matawa-plan-500-km-of-fibre-optic-cable-would-connect-far-north-398507
Disconnecting myself,
mynot
