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Ford 'ripping up' Ontario's $100M contract with Elon Musk's Starlink in wake of U.S. tariffs [View all]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-ripping-up-province-contract-with-starlink-1.7448763Ford 'ripping up' Ontario's $100M contract with Elon Musk's Starlink in wake of U.S. tariffs
Musk part of President Donald Trump's team that wants to destroy families, Ford says
Rochelle Raveendran · CBC News · Posted: Feb 03, 2025 5:18 AM PST
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is "ripping up" Ontario's nearly $100 million contract with Elon Musk's Starlink in the wake of U.S. tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods, he said in a statement Monday.
The contract, signed in November, was meant to provide high-speed internet access through Starlink's satellite service to 15,000 eligible homes and businesses in rural, remote and northern communities by June of this year.
Musk is "part of the Trump team that wants to destroy families, incomes, destroy businesses," Ford said at a news conference in Etobicoke on Monday.
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Ford said Ontario will ban American companies from provincial contracts until U.S. tariffs are removed.
"U.S.-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. They only have President Trump to blame," he said in the statement.
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