Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffs
Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is pausing a suite of retaliatory measures that it was set to begin implementing following an 11th hour postponement of U.S. tariffs.
Ford’s office made the announcement Monday and said the government is also banning other American companies from provincial contracts going forward
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It is interesting to see that Canadian apathy has suddenly turned into a united stand for Canada.
I heard a 10 year old kid in the store yesterday, "Dad, can I get this? I checked , it is made in Canada"
It sucks it has come to this.
Doug Ford is a douche, but he is enough of a douche to not be politically correct in terms of relations with the USA.
I see Canadian apathy as a coping mechanism. We've been so fucked over in so many small ways over such a long timeframe that we can't possibly give a fuck about so much of the bullshit that's happening. We simply don't have the energy to even pretend to care.
We'll still show up to the booths and vote when asked (a lot of us will at last), but other than that, we're expecting and un-phased that things are getting worse constantly. Whether that bullshit is coming from our government or something from a neighbor or whatever, doesn't matter.
Our apathy should not be confused with either a willingness to take action when we feel strongly about something, nor an inability to take action.
I am Canadian, and every person I've met who can say the same has a lot of National pride. We're known for being kind, and we're proud of it. Push us the wrong way, and we'll burn down the white house. (iykyk)
We need more French blood. Government tries to pull a fast one, they take to protesting immediately
I wish I was Canadian
I don't, but that's mostly because I like having very good Internet access and I'm European.
If I was USian, I'd wish I was Canadian.
What's your Internet? I'll you mine if your tell me yours.
I'm gigabit both directions and I could get as high as 3. I've heard they are testing 5 some areas. My 1gbit is around 90 of Canadian money. It's fibre to my apt.
Do you have public free wifi? We have it in cities and every big establishment. Also in some nature areas as well
I'm not sure. I have fast internet at home. And 60gigs of 5g data. And don't really go places.
I know at one point the town I live in put public free wifi down the main strip. But beyond that no clue. Don't even know if it's still there.
Your prices and speeds are far from what I hear being typical for Canada, but I'm paying 35 euros a month for 500 mbps symmetrical. Gigabit on the website is 73 euros. But that's because I'm in an apartment built when the local monopoly was putting in fiber. Older buildings that were retrofitted later, as well as buildings that were built later, tend to have more providers available. There's one that gives you 1 gig for 35 euros for the first year - and I know they'll be amenable to keeping that arrangement later because you can just threaten to switch and they'll cave. A third is giving out gigabit at 45 Euros for indefinite periods.
Do keep in mind, Estonia is plagued by a Telia monopoly. Other EU countries tend to have cheaper prices. Romania has so much competition, gigabit up/down is like 8 euros and I don't think they offer speeds under 300 mbps apparently.
So a bit cheaper but speeds sound more or less on par. Do you have to deal with ports being blocked?
A friend got a killer deal on 3gbit/3gbit for 65. I do wonder what his after costs will be like. It was new customer BS.
Buddy of mine was in Romania, he had a killer deal on his internet. Not 8 euro killer but I think it was like 20, But we couldn't play alot of games together the lag was just to bad :(
I suppose Internet speeds in Canada have really improved then. A decade ago people on reddit calculated that you'd be better off buying an external hard drive and driving to the US if you wanted to download large files in much of Canada. And the US isn't exactly known for being great for broadband availability either
What is with the entire anglosphere being so much worse for internet?
This is not typical for Canada.
Maybe. But it's all over the place on the west coast. Even the small towns got it before the bigger ones. One of the ISP has laid down fibre everywhere. And not like to the curb, to the house. Or in my case apt.
It is in cities.
I'll be honest, my experience is limited, but internet in Calgary is roughly equivalent to that of Los Angeles and is overpriced, but decent. Certainly not gigabits, but ~350/20 for ~$70/mo.
Bell offers 1.5 up/down for 85 in most non remote places in Quebec.
Many of us act like Americans from 10 years ago. Be careful what you wish for.
It is interesting to see that Canadian apathy has suddenly turned into a united stand for Canada.
American (and Canadian) politicians have fucked over Canada every step of the way for a long as I can remember but it was always done with the thinnest veneer of diplomacy to cover up the absolute disregard for an entire country's population. This is the first time that a politician has been dumb enough to fuck over not only the people of Canada but also it's oligarchs. Canada's ruling class has decided it's ok to revolt against our neighbour's bad behaviour and so it's being spun by the news and politicians as 'Canadian Patriotism.'
edit: I see this is a bit controversial. I'm not saying that it is bad that, right now, Canadians are unified in identifying the bad guy and saying "no, you've gone to far." I'm saying that we should have been saying this for years but our politicians, the rich people who direct them and the media companies that they own, have been actively stopping us up until now.
Nope. You can't let trump bully us into becoming part of the USA. If this is what it takes for Canada to grow balls I'm all for it.
But can you allow trump to bully the US enough that some of us want to secede and join Canada?