The chief of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario says he’s ripping up a contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink web companies in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, in addition to banning American corporations from provincial contracts
TORONTO — The chief of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario mentioned Monday he is ripping up a contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink web companies in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who mentioned he’s additionally banning American corporations from provincial contracts, signed a $100-million Canadian (US$68 million) with Musk’s firm in November to ship high-speed web to distant residents in rural and northern Ontario.
“We’ll be ripping up the province’s contract with Starlink. Ontario received’t do enterprise with folks hellbent on destroying our financial system,” Ford mentioned in a publish on X.
Ford mentioned beginning Tuesday and till U.S. tariffs are eliminated, Ontario will ban American corporations from provincial contracts.
“Canada didn’t begin this struggle with the U.S., however you higher consider we’re able to win it,” mentioned Ford, who known as an election for his province final week.