Ontario is 'ripping up' $68M Starlink contract over Trump tariffs
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his province is «ripping up» its $68 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink over President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs, adding that Ontario «won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy.»
Ford made the announcement Monday as Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada are now just hours away from going into effect. The White House said it is implementing the tariffs to hold Canada accountable «to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.» Canada, meanwhile, is vowing retaliation.
«We’ll be ripping up our contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,» Ford said, arguing that the tariffs «will hurt America and make Americans poorer.
»They will see inflation, they will see interest rates go up, they will see less money in their pockets," he said during a speech in the Toronto area. «Now, Canada has no choice but to hit back and hit back hard.»
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, says his province has «ripped up» a contract with Elon Musk's Starlink over President Donald Trump's looming tariffs. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Ontario signed the contract with Starlink in November in order to provide high-speed internet access to 15,000 eligible homes and businesses in rural, remote and northern Ontario by June, according to the
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