Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced he is canceling a $100M contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink and banning U.S. firms from provincial contracts in retaliation for Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
Ford warned that American companies could lose “tens of billions” in revenues.
Canada and Mexico have imposed counter-tariffs, while Ontario also plans to remove American liquor brands from stores.
Trump responded by suggesting Canada should become the U.S.’s 51st state to avoid tariffs, arguing Canada’s trade surplus makes it economically dependent on the U.S.
Starmers just a red Tory, but every once in a while one of those ping pong balls in his head bounces off a button that does something sensible, with any luck the U.K. will follow suit. We don’t need those things.
Except he’s staking the country’s future on being an ‘AI superpower’, so there’s no chance he does anything to piss off big tech