‘Not going back’: Ford will cancel Starlink-Ontario deal even if tariffs are lifted
‘Not going back’: Ford will cancel Starlink-Ontario deal even if tariffs are lifted
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped 25 per cent tariffs on the vast majority of Canadian imports, sparking a growing trade war between the two neighbouring countries.
Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will permanently cancel its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, even if U.S. tariffs are lifted.
The decision follows Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, which prompted Ontario to ban U.S. firms from contracts.
Ford cited Musk’s ties to Trump as a factor and said he is willing to fight potential legal fallout.
Musk previously responded to cancellation threats with a dismissive “Oh well.”
This is the right thing to do. Make responses permanent, otherwise trump will just continue his idiotic game of bouncing back and forth.
Good. We Canadians should stop relying on the US. Time to focus on local industries.
Cross country trade scales the economy way better than doing things locally though
With a stable partner, I’d say you are correct.
However if your partner is willing to weaponize that interdependency then the calculation changes.
China weaponized trade and used wolf warrior diplomacy during Covid in an attempt to gain influence. Russia weaponized energy with Europe. Now Trump is having the US do the same for “reasons” with Canada.
You’d think we would learn there is more up side to cooperation than conflict but here we are again.
Doug Ford is the world's biggest douche.
But this is how you get Musk to behave.
Doug Ford is the world’s biggest douche.
Interesting choice of words given this world has Trump and Musk, amongst others …
It's true.
Lots of high-profile douchebags in the world today.
Feel bad for the people at Starlink. I can imagine a few astro-nerds really enjoying their work there and then some moldy bigwig rich guy thinking the world is his sims 4 just fuckes you with tweeting.
Eh, idk. I'm sure there's smart people doing cool things at Starlink, but the actual product itself is basically a brute force approach to Internet access with a ton of downsides
Don't. The tech world has been aware that Musk is a piece of shit for more than a decade.
Anyone working for a Musk company approves of his craziness.
Or is stranded there on a H1B visa. Musk likes them both fanatical and vulnerable.
He thinks it’s crusader kings 3
Oooh Trump’s gonna get in a fight with Canadian Trump! Get some popcorn y’all!
Fords an absolute asshole, and this is a stopped clock situation. But let’s take the win. This is a policy change in the right direction.
From a southern neighbor: sorry about the smell and the noise. We are busy shitting the bed, and we’re just getting started.
Fords an absolute asshole,
and he is OUR asshole, for now (no telling if/when he will flip-flop, let's hope he sticks to it)
Thanks bud. it's not our first rodeo, we're used to the smell of bullshit.
Still, you know, when it actually gets on you it stains things.Yeah it's splashing into our yard and now we all stink.
Cue Elon crying about being blackmailed by canada on some podcast after a ket bender.
Imagine how much power his ketamine dealer has... One spiked bag could change America.
Dude I know... I imagine he gets it from a doctor probably. Though if it's like a Matthew Perry situation, he might need multiple sources if the doctor refuses to give him more than x amount. However, being a billionaire might just make all of that moot... Also, if he was doing the heroic doses Perry was doing, he wouldn't even be able to sit up, let alone stand or speak. He would be in a permanent k-hole (and we would probably be better off).
Anyway, I have thought about this, and all it would take is such a small amount of fentanyl. Do the world a favor.
What incredible news that would be to wake up to.
Imagine how much power his ketamine dealer has
Holy shit I never thought of that before.
A movie would be made about him.
Its not really blackmail if nothing you do will change their mind. I'd just call it revenge.
Yeah “Oh well.” But then he cries like a baby who didn’t get a piggy back ride, and starts to sue people who won’t do business with his companies.
Just like all these people he’s paying off and then two days later realizes he made a mistake and wants to hire them back. Just like all these tariffs they are so fast to impose and then AFTER THINKING ABOUT SHIT want to start rolling it all back. These people are legit dumb as fuck.
Just like all these tariffs they are so fast to impose and then AFTER THINKING ABOUT SHIT want to start rolling it all back
Honestly, I've started to believe that this is being done on purpose to manipulate markets so they and their buddies can loot us all some more.
Believe it. Sure, that may not be the only purpose of sowing this chaos, but it's a nice side gig for the billionaires who scooped up stocks on Monday and Tuesday while they were "on sale".
It's frustrating that $100 million is only about 0.028760% of Elon Musk's total wealth ($347.7 billion). Let's hope more people abandon his failing companies and that other governments and big clients follow Fords lead.
I canceled my starlink after his nazi salutes, I hope a bunch more follow suit, then it could be a lot more lost reoccurring revenue for old Moscow musk
This is absolutely the right decision.
The name Ford making Elon cry again
Why tf we doing starlink deals with that fucking idiot in the first place?
From a consumer perspective it's a good solution for internet in remote areas and Ontario has a lot of remote areas. I used it for a couple of years when my only other option was a local wireless provider with an expensive high speed plan with advertised downloads up to 10Mbps, but actually never got anywhere near that. I'm lucky that I now have fibre and my starlink hardware is collecting dust in the shed.
Ontario is a massive province and rural internet outside of a handful of areas is terrible. Satellite, esp. good, consistent satellite, is a godsend for those areas -- no one is running fiber out to a town of only 2000 bodies that's highly isolated.
It was a reasonable choice, assuming Musk was mostly sane and not onboard with MAGA.
Ah see, Im an idiot, and got star link and spacex mixed up.
Good. Should cut ties with that asshole. He is constantly pitching ideas that are not that great on their own and can only be accomplished with subsidies.
And all this tariff threat should have repercussions. Can't keep going back and forth, back and forth without saying enough.
I say this as an American who is disgusted with how this administration is treating our closest friends and allies.
EU citizen here, I see that Premier Doug Ford is doing good stuff, it is a good political figure in general?
He’s a Conservative douchebag in general.
