(Corrects currency in headline, paragraph 1 to Canadian dollars) Aug 12 (Reuters) - Satellite communications firm Telesat said on Thursday it expects to receive about C$1.4 billion ($1.12 billion) from the government of Canada to support its Low Earth Orbit satellite network called Telesat Lightspeed. ($1 = 1.2509 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)