Ontario @lemmy.ca Showroom7561 @lemmy.ca 1d ago

Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffs

www.cp24.com Ontario pausing retaliatory measures after tariffs postponed, Doug Ford says

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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I still don't like Ford, but I do like that he was going to do this.

I don't like that he delayed when the tariffs were delayed.

Honestly, these guys need to piss or get off the pot. Either do what you're saying you'll do, or make a swift exit from the job. Honestly.
Shit, he backed down when Trump postponed the tariffs.
Finally some populism I can get behind.
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.
Canada will be more efficient without the Musk.
Isnt a contract something that you get in trouble for ripping up and not paying? Like that's the definition of a contract
I will go out buy a case of Molson Canadian or Labatt's.
Hit them where it hurts. Their wallets!
Ban X and Meta too.
I know Ford makes bad decisions, but I am all for this decision. Punched right at the core of the problem.
Doug Ford is basically Julien getting out of jail and chasing Cyrus out of the trailer park.

And I’m all for it.
I peeked into conservative subs, and people are cheering “owning” Canada for not treating us fairly.

…WTF? Has this been going on for a while?

Other than family with some Canadian ties, the only real sentiment I’ve heard before the inauguration was is that Canadians are overly polite, even among conservative family. The fentanyl thing seems… what?

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/canada-respond-trump-tariff-trade-war
Alright, next let's do American streaming services.
As much as I dislike Ford, I'm happy to see him doing his job properly for a change.

(Vote Green.)
Musk files lawsuit in...
Ford is turning into a Canadian conservative which is great to see.

Too bad the Federal leadership is Pierre Pouilivre who is trying his best to imitate Trump and US style politics, a culture war to divide us NOT conservative policies and helping people...

Maybe this will wake up Canadian Conservatives to how toxic their party has become....
And because the world doesn’t make sense, TSLA stocks are up while the rest goes in the red.
Nice.
GOOD
Ontarians need to show up to the polls and vote strategic ABC to get Ford out.

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