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Doug Ford, the Prime Minister of Ontario, one of the most populous provinces in Canada, announced in X that the Government of the Province would be “breaking” its $ 100 million contract with the Internet service Starlink Satellite of Elon Musk.
The news occurs shortly after President Donald Trump announced this weekend a 25% rate In almost all imported by Canadian, causing Canada impose a 25% rate On the assets of the USA in response.
“Ontario will not do business with infernal people in destroying our economy,” Ford Posted in x Mondays.
Musk has become a confidant close to President Trump, and now supervises the so -called government efficiency department, or Doge, a team within the Trump administration responsible for making a massive cost reduction for government spending and deregulation in the reduction of generalized scale. At the same time, Musk Starlink has been Looking for strike agreements with local and national governments to provide satellite Internet. The Starlink contract of the Ontario government was signed in November 2024 and it was supposed to provide fast internet to remote parts of the province.
At a press conference on Monday, Ford also said that American companies will be prohibited from future provincial contracts In Ontario until the United States government eliminates rates. Ford said Musk was “part of Trump’s team that wants to destroy families, income, destroy business.”
“(The musk) wants to remove food from people’s table, working people, and I’m not going to tolerate it,” Ford said.
“Companies based in the United States will now lose tens of billions of dollars in new income. They just have to blame President Trump. “
Starlink did not immediately respond to our request for comments.
