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.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oh. Then it looks like he is trying to clean his image or something.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He could actually be patriotic for all I know but he has tried to enrich himself and his buddies at the expense of the public before so I trust him about as far as I could throw him.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Not really, he was already insanely popular before this. Just won a third majority a week ago, which is unheard of in Ontario politics. It's more that he knows how to connect with people and the electorate is very gullible / willing to turn a blind eye.

    With all this recent goodwill he'll probably end up being our prime minister at some point shudder

  • source
  • parent