Province’s Premier Bars US Firms From Government Contracts
Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives for a first ministers meeting in Ottawa on Jan.15. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Ontario’s premier said his government is ending its contract with Starlink, the Elon Musk-controlled satellite company, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to impose tariffs on goods imported from Canada.
“We’ll be ripping up the province’s contract with Starlink. Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,” Premier Doug Ford said in an emailed statement.
The government also will ban U.S. companies from provincial contracts until the tariffs are removed, and Ford urged cities and other l…
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