Ontario ending Starlink deal contract over tariff threat

So, it now appears that countries are going to use contracts with Elon Musk as leverage when they don’t like a Trump policy.

Case in point, Ontario Premier Doug Ford just stated that he would be shredding the Starlink contract his province had over Trump’s tariff threat.

Musk seemed to dismiss the cancelation, responding on X, “Oh well.”

Ripping It Up

This was about as predictable as predictable gets in terms of people looking for a way to get some leverage against Trump’s threats.

Ford, in pushing back against the tariffs, stated, "We’ll be ripping up our contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy.”

"They will see inflation, they will see interest rates go up, they will see less money in their pockets.

"Now, Canada has no choice but to hit back and hit back hard."

I have bad news for Ford… Canada did not hit back hard. In fact, Prime Minister Trudeau completely folded.

Trudeau worked out a deal with Trump to do a better job of protecting the border, and in return, Trump agreed to suspend the tariffs to see if the new measures are effective.

That, however, did not stop Ford from creating panic, having stated on Monday, "Trump’s tariffs are going to devastate our economy. These tariffs will put up to 450,000 jobs at risk from every sector and every region. No one will be immune, everyone will feel the impact.”

Let’s remember here… Trump was not asking for something out of the ordinary.

He was asking for Canada to stop serving as a go-through port for illegal immigrants who want to come to the United States, and nothing more.

As I stated in previous reports, both Canada and Mexico need the United States far more than the United States needs them, but it still helps for everyone to be playing nice.

Trump is not being unreasonable here, so just do your job at the border and you have no issues.

On a lighter note, I could not help but laugh at Canadian vendors taking American products off their shelves in protest. They seem to have forgotten they already paid for the goods, so removing them from the shelves only hurts their bottom line.

But hey, if it got them on the evening news, I guess it was worth it to them.