Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the cancellation of a $100-million contract with Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet company, citing the owner's political affiliations. Ford also imposed a ban on all US companies bidding on Ontario government contracts, claiming it's in retaliation for US tariffs.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he was cancelling a $100-million provincial contract for rural satellite Internet with Starlink , a company controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, a key supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Ontario won’t do business with people hell-bent on destroying our economy,” Mr. Ford said in a statement issued by his Progressive Conservative Party re-election campaign. Mr. Ford also said he was banning all U.S. companies from bidding on Ontario government contracts, until the“U.S.-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues,” he said. “They only haveHe said the ban means U.S.
Mr. Ford’s political rivals, NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, have both called for an end to the Starlink contract. B.C., Quebec and Nova Scotia have also announced moves to restrict how their provinces do business with U.S. companies as retaliation for the tariffs.
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