{"id":3243,"date":"2025-02-04T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/ontario-cancels-starlink-contract-amid-tariff-trade-war\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:28:37","slug":"ontario-cancels-starlink-contract-amid-tariff-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/ontario-cancels-starlink-contract-amid-tariff-trade-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Cancels Starlink Contract Amid Tariff Trade War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n
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After President Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on nearly all Canadian imported goods (and Canada announced its own 25 percent tariff on American imported goods), Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario \u2014 and a former supporter of President Trump \u2014 announced the Canadian territory would be \u201cripping up<\/a>\u201d a $100 million contract with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink. The contract was signed in November last year.<\/p>\n

Musk, boss of Starlink and the richest man in the world, is a close confidant of Trump and has control over the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE (urgh), tasked with cost-cutting and deregulation in government.<\/p>\n

Ford believed this was enough to link Musk (and his businesses) to Trump\u2019s tariffs. He said Ontario \u201cwon\u2019t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy\u201d and that Musk wants to \u201ctake food off the table\u201d of hard-working Canadians. Ford also commanded the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to remove American-made spirits from store shelves. (Oh no, not the Tito\u2019s vodka!)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s since de-escalated. After Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump agreed to pause the tariff standoff for 30 days, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was also pausing the province\u2019s cancelation of its Starlink contract.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n

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After being nominated in November 2024 for two Grammys, \u201cNow and Then\u201d won Best Rock Performance. When the song, as a demo, was first recorded, John Lennon\u2019s singing and piano were on the same audio track, and separating them was impossible. Fortunately, AI can now do that with zero effort. The surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, were able to complete the song by recording new bass and drum parts and released it almost 30 years later. Sean Ono Lennon, the son of the late Beatle, accepted the trophy in his father\u2019s stead. \u201cNow and Then\u201d was also nominated for Record of the Year.<\/p>\n

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