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.”

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

From what I've understood he's a conservative populist. So interpret that however you want.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well, somehow he is doing his part about being "conservative".

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Arguably not, since his platform before the tariff threat was basically to privatize the shit out of everything and screw the average Ontario taxpayer out of healthcare.

    He was all about the oligarchy until they burned him. Nothing conservative about being spurned and pushing back.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Only thing I knew about him before all of this was him trying to get rid of all bike lanes in Quebec (probably a bit of an exaggeration, but he's actively trying to make it harder to use transportation that's not a car with reasons that boil down to feelings, so, not a lot of respect for him outside how he's handling the tariff threats)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's simply that this is a Canada vs the US thing, not a left vs right thing.

    Ford is a meat-headed bully, which just happens to come in handy against another meat-headed bully.

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