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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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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

This is the right thing to do. Make responses permanent, otherwise trump will just continue his idiotic game of bouncing back and forth.

[–] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 38 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 53 minutes ago

In an isolated system, free from external dipshits sure.

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours 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.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Doug Ford is the world's biggest douche.

But this is how you get Musk to behave.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Doug Ford is the world’s biggest douche.

Interesting choice of words given this world has Trump and Musk, amongst others …

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

It's true.

Lots of high-profile douchebags in the world today.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 35 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Feel bad for the people at Starlink. I can imagine a few astro-nerds really enjoying their work there and then some moldy bigwig rich guy thinking the world is his sims 4 just fuckes you with tweeting.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

Eh, idk. I'm sure there's smart people doing cool things at Starlink, but the actual product itself is basically a brute force approach to Internet access with a ton of downsides

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 44 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Don't. The tech world has been aware that Musk is a piece of shit for more than a decade.

Anyone working for a Musk company approves of his craziness.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 35 points 8 hours ago

Or is stranded there on a H1B visa. Musk likes them both fanatical and vulnerable.

[–] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

He thinks it’s crusader kings 3

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 59 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Oooh Trump’s gonna get in a fight with Canadian Trump! Get some popcorn y’all!

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, i was gonna say pp is canada trump, but on further reflection pp is more akin to mike Johnson. I guess marlaina Smith is a combo of mtg and bobo. Side note i forgot bobos name and looked it up.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Lmao! I hate to admit this, but I bet "hot" would have worked as well.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Id hate fuck the hell out of her just like Ann Coulter decades ago

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I hate to admit this, but I bet “that congressperson who gave her affair partner a sloppy handy at a children’s show” would also have worked.

For reference, she and a man (not her husband, but a man she was there with) were kicked out of a local production of the stage musical “Beetlejuice”. She initially claimed it was because she was singing along with the musical, but footage later surfaced that showed she was giving him a handy in the middle of the audience.

Know all of the panic about children at drag shows? Yeah, every single accusation from conservatives is a confession.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I mean she is not unattractive, until she speaks.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

She looks like a washed up, third rate, porn star. Probably because she was pulled off some white trash casting website.

I wish that was a joke.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

If you're into that kind of fake tit, dead in the eyes kinda thing...which I'm not.

Boebert is the shadow land version of AOC. My apologies to Naomi Klein.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 149 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Fords an absolute asshole, and this is a stopped clock situation. But let’s take the win. This is a policy change in the right direction.

From a southern neighbor: sorry about the smell and the noise. We are busy shitting the bed, and we’re just getting started.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 hours ago

Fords an absolute asshole,

and he is OUR asshole, for now (no telling if/when he will flip-flop, let's hope he sticks to it)

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago

Thanks bud. it's not our first rodeo, we're used to the smell of bullshit.
Still, you know, when it actually gets on you it stains things.

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[–] starshipHighwayman69@lemmy.ml 115 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Cue Elon crying about being blackmailed by canada on some podcast after a ket bender.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 89 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Imagine how much power his ketamine dealer has... One spiked bag could change America.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Dude I know... I imagine he gets it from a doctor probably. Though if it's like a Matthew Perry situation, he might need multiple sources if the doctor refuses to give him more than x amount. However, being a billionaire might just make all of that moot... Also, if he was doing the heroic doses Perry was doing, he wouldn't even be able to sit up, let alone stand or speak. He would be in a permanent k-hole (and we would probably be better off).

Anyway, I have thought about this, and all it would take is such a small amount of fentanyl. Do the world a favor.

What incredible news that would be to wake up to.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think what you are seeing publicly is his "microdoses". His friends have said that he "microdoses daily, and macrodoses at parties" when referring to his ketamine use.

But yeah, IDK the economics of the ketamine trade. Although I somehow doubt he is getting it from doctors based off when these stories first came out, his affinity and constant use of the substance, and it's availability. In prescription form it's a new drug that's closely being watched.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 12 hours ago

Imagine how much power his ketamine dealer has

Holy shit I never thought of that before.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

A movie would be made about him.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah “Oh well.” But then he cries like a baby who didn’t get a piggy back ride, and starts to sue people who won’t do business with his companies.

Just like all these people he’s paying off and then two days later realizes he made a mistake and wants to hire them back. Just like all these tariffs they are so fast to impose and then AFTER THINKING ABOUT SHIT want to start rolling it all back. These people are legit dumb as fuck.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Just like all these tariffs they are so fast to impose and then AFTER THINKING ABOUT SHIT want to start rolling it all back

Honestly, I've started to believe that this is being done on purpose to manipulate markets so they and their buddies can loot us all some more.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Believe it. Sure, that may not be the only purpose of sowing this chaos, but it's a nice side gig for the billionaires who scooped up stocks on Monday and Tuesday while they were "on sale".

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 23 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's frustrating that $100 million is only about 0.028760% of Elon Musk's total wealth ($347.7 billion). Let's hope more people abandon his failing companies and that other governments and big clients follow Fords lead.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

I canceled my starlink after his nazi salutes, I hope a bunch more follow suit, then it could be a lot more lost reoccurring revenue for old Moscow musk

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago

This is absolutely the right decision.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 20 points 12 hours ago

The name Ford making Elon cry again

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 13 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Why tf we doing starlink deals with that fucking idiot in the first place?

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

From a consumer perspective it's a good solution for internet in remote areas and Ontario has a lot of remote areas. I used it for a couple of years when my only other option was a local wireless provider with an expensive high speed plan with advertised downloads up to 10Mbps, but actually never got anywhere near that. I'm lucky that I now have fibre and my starlink hardware is collecting dust in the shed.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I used one on rental while camping and I have to say it was great. I hear some European alternatives are coming, looking forward to them, hopefully they also work out ways to do it that doesn't involve as much space pollution.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Nothing will ever be as cheap as starlink until another launch provider has a reusable first stage rocket. For rural people starlink is competitively priced, but for anyone who doesn't need it, they think it's crazy expensive.

Now make that 50% or more for a similar service until they can fully launch on a reusable rocket. It'll be hard for anyone to get a foothold without taking big losses, or taking the anyone but Musk business.

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