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.”

  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    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.

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      1 hour 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

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      6 hours ago

      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.