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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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[–] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Good. We Canadians should stop relying on the US. Time to focus on local industries.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Cross country trade scales the economy way better than doing things locally though

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

With a stable partner, I’d say you are correct.

However if your partner is willing to weaponize that interdependency then the calculation changes.

China weaponized trade and used wolf warrior diplomacy during Covid in an attempt to gain influence. Russia weaponized energy with Europe. Now Trump is having the US do the same for “reasons” with Canada.

You’d think we would learn there is more up side to cooperation than conflict but here we are again.