#Canada fighting back against US tariffs plan
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The United States business communities woke up Monday Morning February,3rd, 2023 to learn that Ontario, Canada’s most populous province and economic hub, had banned US companies from bidding for tens of billions of dollars in government contracts and consequently terminated its deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink” in response to US tariffs.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said
“Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,”
“US-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. saying they only have President Trump to blame.”
Ford further said he was “ripping up” a Can$100 million (US$68 million) contract with Starlink, signed in November, which aimed to provide internet services to 15,000 homes and businesses in remote northern Ontario. Starlink was scheduled to begin providing service in June this year, 2025.
The company’s owner, Musk, who is the world’s richest man and a close advisor to US President Donald Trump, had been contracted to beam internet services to northern Ontario.
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Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim
Africa This Week.