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Ontario cancels, then restores, $68 million Starlink contract after protesting US tariffs


The premier of Canada’s most populous province specifically blamed Elon Musk and the Trump administration for the U.S. tariffs.

But Ford reportedly decided to put a pin in that plan later on Monday after President Trump chose to delay imposing tariffs on all Canadian imports for 30 days. The stay came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced several concessions, including plans to station 10,000 “frontline personnel” at the 5,500-mile-long Canada-U.S. border. The Ontario government’s Starlink contract was signed in November 2024 and is supposed to provide fast internet to remote parts of the province.

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