Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will permanently cancel its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, even if U.S. tariffs are lifted.
The decision follows Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, which prompted Ontario to ban U.S. firms from contracts.
Ford cited Musk’s ties to Trump as a factor and said he is willing to fight potential legal fallout.
Musk previously responded to cancellation threats with a dismissive “Oh well.”
The same way anything can be considered a weapon. They “harmed” other economies by undercutting them.
I don’t necessarily agree that that behavior is harmful, but that is the reasoning behind calling it a weapon
Isn’t that just competition? It’s providing a better deal for customers. That should be seen as a good thing.
The opposite would be colluding on prices like a cartel.
If the “other economies” want to compete, the business owners should have to lower their prices and take less profit as a result. Again, this is a win for customers because we’re not on the same side as the businesses selling us things.
It really is a backwards world, lol. I genuinely believe it’s because so many people have gotten raw deals but don’t want to acknowledge they’ve been taken for a ride.
It’s easier to fool them than to convince them they’ve been fooled.
No no no, we only call it competition when it benefits the in-group