The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, says he will pause all retaliatory measures against the United States after news broke that the threat of tariffs has been put on hold for a month.

Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a pause on retaliatory measures against the U.S. after Trump agreed to delay tariffs on Canada for 30 days.

Ford had planned to cancel a CA$100 million Starlink contract, ban U.S. booze sales, and block American firms from provincial contracts.

The pause follows Canada’s concessions on border security and fentanyl. Prime Minister Trudeau pledged new enforcement measures to ease tensions.

The temporary halt averts an immediate trade war, but Ford warned Trump may use tariff threats again in future negotiations.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    6 hours ago

    The contract was for 100 million, that’s a fuck ton of money in development costs. Just give out a series of domestic research grants and build it here.

    There may be additional subsidies required to build the satellite network but who fucking cares - it’s an investment.

    • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      The contract was for 100 million

      For 15,000 connections. That’s not bad per capita (especially when you

      Just give out a series of domestic research grants and build it here.

      They also do that where appropriate: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-connects-making-high-speed-internet-accessible-in-every-community

      It’s a trade off of costs vs made local. You do have to be careful that a company isn’t just a reseller of foreign technology, or is just set up to absorb government grants.

      There may be additional subsidies required to build the satellite network but who fucking cares - it’s an investment.

      SpaceX has estimated it’s constellation is costing tens of billions of dollar. That’s from the company that already has the rockets and employs rocket scientists.