The Ontario government killed its $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, leaving rural and remote communities in northern Ontario in the dark about their future internet access.

Ontario's cancellation of its $100-million Starlink contract in response to U.S. trade tariffs has sparked concerns among Indigenous communities about broadband access.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province will permanently cancel its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, even if the U.S. lifts the 25% tariffs imposed on Canadian imports.

There is no evidence that Canada cancelled all its ongoing contracts with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service, contrary to suggestions in social media posts.

Ontario has cancelled its $100-million contract with Elon Musk-owned satellite internet company Starlink and will ban all United States (US)-based companies from taking part in provincial procurement as part of retaliatory measures in the North American trade war, Premier Doug Ford announced this morning.

In response, those countries have instituted many of their own retaliatory tariffs and economic punishments on American products, including some targeted at Trump’s political partner, DOGE douchebag Elon Musk.

Ontario, Canada, is canceling its contract with Starlink due to the tariffs the U.S. placed on Canadian goods, while Italy is having second thoughts about the White House's pullback on its European security commitments.